Unit 3: Sensation and Perception

Front

In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.

Back

light/ color

Front

What sense helps maintain balance?

Back

Vestibular

Front

The specialized cells in each of the sense organs that collect information to send to the brain are called...

Back

sensory receptors

Front

Almost half the birds in the tree outside Brian's window were brown and the rest were red, so Brian perceived them as two different groups of birds. This best illustrates...

Back

similarity

Front

The area of the brain that receives information from the nose is directly connected to the limbic system, rather than relayed first through the thalamus. This connection may explain why smells are often involved in...

Back

vivid memories

Front

The classic gate-control theory suggests that pain is experienced when small nerve fibers activate and open a neural gate in the...

Back

spinal cord

Front

The coiled, fluid filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called...

Back

cochlea

Front

What color afterimage would occur after viewing the color blue?

Back

yellow

Front

The process by which your ears convert sound waves to neural impulses is called...

Back

Transduction

Front

The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion for their difference to be perceived is known as...

Back

Weber's law