Sensation and Perception

Module 25

100

This is the sense we refer to when we talk about olfaction

Smell

200

This is the sense we refer to when we say "gustation"

Taste

300

This is the theory that pain could be controlled by rubbing large muscle fibers

Gate-Control Theory

400

This is the terrible condition of hearing phantom sounds without sensory input.

Tinnitus

500

These are the five types of taste we are equipped to interpret

Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, and Umami

Module 24

100

This is where transduction takes place in the ear

The Cochlea

200

This is the part of the ear that contains the cilia

The basilar membrane

300

This is the part of the ear that vibrates (which jostles fluid inside the cochlea)

The oval window

400

These are the three small bones in the ossicles

Hammer (malleus), Anvil (incus), Stirrup (stapes)

500

These are the two theories for hearing pitch and what they claim

Place Theory - it's all about where the vibration occurs on the basilar membrane

Frequency Theory - it's all about how fast the frequencies are traveling up the auditory nerve

Module 23

100

This is the first task of perceiving what we see - when our brain identifies the focus and the periphery imagery.

Figure-Ground

200

This is the binocular cue that helps us with depth perception by analyzing the difference between two visual images from each eye (it helps with things close up).

Retinal Disparity

300

These are the researchers who utilized the visual cliff to gain information about the innate ability for depth perception

Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk

400

This is the term for knowing that color and hue remains the same on objects even if lighting changes and we see it differently.

Color constantly

500

This is the monocular cue that helps us determine depth by knowing that things toward the bottom of our field of vision are closer than the things toward the top of our visual field

Relative height

Module 21-22

100

This is a cognitive tool we use for organizing new and unfamiliar information into categories

A schema or perceptual set

200

This is the field of psychology that studies claims of ESP

Parapsychology

300

This is where transduction happens in the eye

Retina

400

These are the two types of photoreceptors that process either color or black and white

Rods and Cones

500

These are the things that are first activated with neural impulses after transduction occurs

Bipolar cells

Module 20

100

This is our focusing of our conscious awareness on one stimuli

Selective Attention

200

This is our failure to notice when things have subtly changed right before our eyes (or ears)

Change Blindness

300

This is our inability to see things that are right in front of us (but that we were not focusing on)

Inattentional blindness

400

This is the minimal amount of a stimulus we need to be able to become aware of that stimulus 50% of the time

Absolute threshold

500

This is the study of how strong a stimulus needs to be for us to notice it (in varying states of mind and emotion) and how strong a difference must be for us to be able to notice the change

Signal Detection Theory