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Sensation
Perception
Sight
Hearing
Other Senses
100

The process by which our sensory receptors (eyes, ears, etc.) and nervous system pick up stimuli  from our environment

What is sensation?

100
the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events
What is perception?
100

The process by which light energy is converted into neural signals is called:
A. Transduction
B. Accommodation
C. Perception

What is transduction?

100

The outer ear’s main function is to:

What is funnel sound waves inward

100

Give an example of a chemical sense

gustation (taste) and olfaction (smell)

200
diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation
What is sensory adaptation?
200

Which of the following is a binocular cue for depth perception?

What is retinal disparity or convergence?

200
cells that are activated by color
What are cones?
200
thin membrane that vibrates as sound waves hit it
What is the eardrum?
200

DAILY DOUBLE: What flavors can we taste?

 sweet, salty, sour, and bitter

300

When reading a book, your brain interprets the shapes on the page as letters and words. This is an example of:

What is Top-down processing ?

300

Trying something without prior experience. Using the features of an object itself to build a complete perception

What is bottom-up processing?

300

projection screen of the eye, contains all photoreceptors at the back of the eye

What is the retina?

300
snail-shaped filled with fluid; responsible for transduction
What is the cochlea?
300
tells us how our body is oriented in spaces (individual body parts)
What is vestibular sense?
400
the minimal amount of stimulus we can detect 50% of the time
What is absolute threshold?
400

ocusing your conscious awareness on one particular stimulus while ignoring others in your environment.

What is selective attention?

400

the spot where the optic nerve leaves the retina, no photoreceptors

What are blind spots?

400
height of the wave and determines the loudness of the sound
What is amplitude?
400

keeps track of the overall orientation of our body without looking ex.. Knowing your arm is raised without seeing it.

What is kinesthetic sense?

500

we distinguish important stimuli from irrelevant background noise

What is signal detection theory?

500

The organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings is called (background/foreground)

What is Figure Ground?

500
theory that hypothesizes that we have three types of cones in the retina
What is the trichromatic theory?
500
deafness occuring when the hair cells in the cochlea are damaged
What is sensorineural deafness?
500
explains that some pain messages have a higher priority than others
What is gate-control theory?