Sensation and Perception

psychological process through which we interpret sensory stimulation

• Closure
• Acuity
• Perception
• Sensation

sharpness of vision

• visual acuity
• perception
• clarity
• equilibrium

being able to notice a difference in temperature in the shower when you turn up the heat

• after effect
• sensory adaptation
• absolute threshold
• difference threshold

type of deafness where certain frequencies are not heard

• cochlear
• sensorineural
• failure of acuity
• middle ear deafness

light enter the eye through the

• lens
• optic nerve
• pupil
• retina

What does the snellen chart measure?

• ability to hear
• taste
• visual acuity
• neuron response time

What part of the eye allows us to see color?

• cones
• rods
• iris
• eyeball

What does vestibular sense control?

• depth perception
• hearing
• eye sight
• balance

How does one know the position and motion of their body even with their eyes closed?

• kinesthesis
• vertigo
• vestibular sense
• Inner ear balance

the smallest amount of a particular stimulus that can be sensed

• pain threshold
• minute nerve capability
• absolute threshold
• difference threshold