Chapter 3 Module 7 Review

________ is the process of bringing meaning to raw data.

• Perception

• Emotions

• Cognition

• Sensations

________________ involves the detection of physical stimuli from our environment and is made possible by the activation of specific receptor cells.

• Perception

• Sublimation

• Adaptation

• Sensation

The lowest level of stimulation that a person can consciously detect 50 percent of the time the stimulation is present is called

• absolute threshold

• just noticeable difference

• sensation

• sensory adaption

After being in class for a while, _________________ is a likely explanation for not hearing the sound of the lights buzzing above you until someone says something about it

• accommodation

• tinnitus

• sublimation

• habituation

The part of the ear that can be seen is also called the

• pinna

• oval window

• organ of Corti

• cochlea

The cochlea is found in what part of the ear?

• outer ear

• middle ear

• inner ear

• None of the above

Taste is often called a ___________________ sense because it works with the molecules of foods that people eat.

• physical

• psychological

• chemical

• electrical

Research has found that a fifth taste called ______________ exists.

• umami

• suprachiasm

• insula

• gustation

Olfactory receptors project directly to the ______________ and are unique in that signals do not first connect to the thalamus.

• occipital lobe

• olfactory bulbs

• hypothalamus

• gustatory cortex

What is the theory of color vision that proposes three types of cones: red, blue, and green

• Opponent-Process theory

• color blindness

• trichromatic theory

• None of the above