Sensation and Perception Flashcard

Front

Which type of processing involves the interpretation of sensations and is influenced by available knowledge and expectancies?

Back

top-down processing

Front

Your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of ________.

Back

transduction

Front

Within the visible spectrum, our experience of red is associated with ________ waves of light.

Back

longer wavelengths

Front

The auditory cortex, in which sound stimuli are processed for perception, is located in the ________ lobe.

Back

temporal

Front

Petra walks into a brightly lit Psychology lab to participate in an experiment involving the ability to perceive the colors of the rainbow. Which photoreceptors will be most useful during this experiment?

Back

cones

Front

Vinnie is standing on one leg with his arms in the air. The ________ sense helps keep him balanced so he has less chance of falling over.

Back

vestibular

Front

Why are olfaction and gustation called chemical senses?

Back

They have sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe.

Front

Which of the following is the best example of your kinesthetic sense?
Touching your nose with your eyes closed, Maintaining balance in your chair, Detecting both sweet and sour in a beverage, Smelling the soup that is cooking for dinner

Back

Touching your nose with your eyes closed

Front

When you listen to loud music, the sound waves cause your _________ to vibrate first.

Back

eardrum

Front

Which school of thinking in psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure?

Back

Gestalt