Sensation Basics
This is the process by which we receive information from the environment
What is sensation?
This part of the eye is where rods and cones convert visual stimuli to neurological messages
The height of a sound wave determines this
Loudness or Amplitude
This is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
What is perception?
This type of study has a control and a variable
What is an experiment?
These are the two body senses
What are kinesthesis and vestibular?
This part of the eye widens and shrinks to let light in
What is the pupil?
This is the term for the sense of smell
What is Olfaction?
The tendency to focus on certain stimuli and ignore others
What is selective attention?
This type of study looks at two data sets to determine connections
What is correlational?
This is the minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time
What is the absolute threshold?
This sends visual information to the brain
What is the optic nerve?
These are the three touch sensations
What are pressure, pain, and temperature?
What is the cocktail party effect?
This part of the brain receives visual messages and interprets them
What is the occipital lobe?
This theory explains why we detect a stimulus at certain times but not at other times
What is signal-detection theory?
This explains how we visually organize information into meaningful patterns and structures
What is Gestalt Psychology?
This is the loss of hearing due to cochlear damage
Sensorineural deafness
A dog is barking in the neighborhood. Over time you are able to ignore the noise. You have experienced this.
All senses except smell are first processed in this part of the brain
What is the thalamus?
These are the six senses.
What are vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch, and body senses?
This theory argues that color vision is paired into red-green or yellow-blue
What is the Opponent-Process Theory?
These are the six taste sensations.
With one eye covered, these types of depth cues would not work.
Binocular Depth Cues
These are the six ethical guidelines for psychological research
What are IRB, Do No Harm, Informed Consent, Debriefing, Avoid Deception, Confidentiality