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The organ of hearing, where sensitive cells respond to auditory stimuli and produce neural impulses, is known as the auditory ossicles. retina ear drum cochlea. oval window The coiled tube in the inner ear that contains the auditory receptors is called the semicircular canal ossicle pinna cochlea oval window In psychology, Gestalt principles are used to explain statistical probabilities somatic behavioral disorders perceptual organization stimulus-detection thresholds altered states of consciousness The part of the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye is called the retina bipolar cells lens blind spot pupil The function of the lens is to locate an image. focus an image on the retina. combine the location and projection on the blind spot. help coordinate color vision project an image on the cornea. Sensory adaptation is normally most rapid for the sense of vision olfaction taste kinesthesis vestibular That you do not hear the traffic outside your psychology class because you are engrossed in the lecture is a good example of sensory gating parallel processing sensory adaptation selective attention feature detection Frequency is to __________ as amplitude is to __________. compression; rarefaction transduction; intensity rarefaction; compression pitch; loudness loudness; pitch The theory that best accounts for the experience of pain is the: opponent process theory Weber's law trichomatic theory direct perception theory gate-control theory The conversion of electromagnetic energy into a neural impulse involves feature analysis function localization transduction parallel processing phosphenes The change in the curvature of the lens that enables the eye to focus on objects at various distances is called accommodation adaptation conduction convergence consonance If you stand in the middle of a cobblestone street, the street will look coarse near your feet and finer if you look into the distance. This is called texture gradient. linear perspective relative size relative height relative motion A researcher presents two lights of varying brightness to a subject who is asked to respond "same" or "different" by comparing their intensities. The researcher is seeking the weber's law just noticeable difference. absolute threshold. subliminal threshold. minimal threshold Experiments involving infants' perception of 3-D figures, when combined with visual cliff data, suggest that at least some level of depth perception is innate depth perception is heavily dependent on skillful motor coordination. depth perception is almost entirely learned neither innate mechanisms nor learning have much effect on depth perception infants are unable to process depth When struck by light energy, cones and rods in the retina generate neural signals that then activate the parietal lobe ganglion cells bipolar cells ciliary muscle optic nerve fibers When a pair of lights flashing in quick succession seems to an observer to be one light moving from place to place, it is referred to as stroboscopic movement the phi phenomenon autokinetic motion binocular vision induced displacement Mechanical energy of vibrations is tranduced to the electrochemical energy of neural impulses at the: olfactory mucosa cochlea lens retina taste buds The theory of color vision which states that the visual system analyzes information into "either-or" messages is the __________ theory. opponent process primary color gate control young-hemholtz polaroid Conventional hearing aids may restore hearing by: restoring functionality to a badly punctured eardrum amplify vibrations conducted by the facial bones to the cochlea translating sounds into electrical signals wired into the cochlea's nerves stimulating the semicircular canals to transducer sound waves converting sound waves into radio waves. Although sound comes from speakers on the sides of the room, viewers watching a movie perceive the sound coming from the screen. This phenomenon is best accounted for by: visual capture proximity closure opponent-process feature-detection The general function of the bones in the middle ear is to convert the incoming sound from pounds per square inch to decibels is to protect the cochlea is to regulate changes in the air pressure of the inner ear is to transfer sound information from the tympanic membrane to the oval window provide info to the vestibular system A landscape painting shows boats on a lake in the foreground and mountains further away. Of the following, which cue would NOT contribute to your perception that the mountains are further away than the boats in the picture? texture gradient linear perspective relative height retinal disparity interposition A person with sight in only one eye lacks which of the following visual cues for seeing in depth? Retinal disparity Linear perspective Motion parallax Relative size Texture gradient Neural impulses go directly to the cortex without passing through the thalamus from receptors in the sense of: touch sight smell taste hearing Hearing loss caused when the eardrums or ossicles are damaged by disease or injury is called Hunter's notch. conduction deafness gate control damage stimulation deafness. nerve deafness. Your tendency to see the words "went" and "ties," rather than the word "twenties" when you look at T WENT TIES is best explained by the organizing principle of: bottom up processing closure continuity figure-ground proximity The vestibular sense helps keep us from hallucinations eating too much. starving to death. overloading our body temperature falling over. Of the following which is not a basic taste? sweet salty peppery bitter sour Receptors for kinesthesis are located in the: retina joints semicircular canals olfactory epithelium taste buds The tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure is called sensory completion overlap linear perspective figure-ground closure Eleanor Gibson and her colleagues have used the visual cliff to measure an infant’s ability to perceive patterns depth size constancy shape constancy different hues The place in the retina where the optic nerve exits to the brain is called the lens sciera fovea blind spot aqueous humor The fact that objects that are near each other tend to be grouped together is known as closure. continuity similarity proximity neatness The most common form of color blindness is related to deficiencies in the blue-yellow system red-green system process of visual summation bipolar cells secretion of rhodopsin The intensity at which a sound becomes audible for a given individual is known as the individual’s: contrast sensitivity absolute threshold response threshold critical frequency just noticeable difference

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