Smell, Taste, Touch and Pain_AP Psych

Which sense works together with our sense of smell?

• taste

• sight

• hearing

• touch

What happens first when you smell something?

• Your brain receives a message

• sensors send a message to your brain

• particles stick to the mucus in your nose

• you breathe in particles

What happens to the taste of food if you are unable to smell it?

• the taste is stronger

• the taste is duller

• the taste lasts longer

• the taste stays the same

Combining senses; such as understanding flavor as not just taste, but also a combination of sight, smell and texture; is an example of 

• sensory interaction
• synaesthesia
• sensory adaptation
• vestibular

Height of light or sound wave.

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Intensity

The transformation of energy from environmental stimuli by specialized receptor cells in sensory organs into neural messages.

• Sensory adaptation

• Sensory transduction

• Difference threshold

• Weber's Law

What sense does NOT travel through the thalamus?

• Vision

• Audition

• Gustation

• Olfaction

Tamika hates the bitter taste of her cough syrup. Which of the following would she find most helpful in minimizing the syrup's bad taste?

• Tasting something very sweet before taking the cough syrup

• Keeping the syrup in her mouth for several seconds before swallowing it

• Holding her nose while taking the cough syrup

• Gulping the cough syrup so that it misses her tongue

Our sense of smell may be a powerful trigger for memories because:

• We are conditioned from birth to make strong connections between smells and events

• The nerve connecting the olfactory bulb sends impulses directly to the limbic system

• The receptors at the top of each nostril connect with the cortex

• Smell is a powerful cue for encoding memories into long-term memory

The principle that one sense may influence another is:

• Transduction

• Sensory adaptation

• Weber's Law

• Sensory interaction