AP Psychology Unit 3 Topic 6 and 7

Which of the following is not one of the 5 basic tastes?

• Salty

• Sour

• Bitter

• Tangy

The sensors in your nose are the long yellow cells in the diagram to the right. Area #7 They are called the

• Olfactory bulb

• Olfactory receptor cell

• Olfactory hairs

• Olfactory nerve

Which of the following senses are most closely related:

• touch and smell

• smell and taste

• taste and hearing

• hearing and smell

The nerves associated with smell are referred to as the:

• olfactory receptor cells

• smell cells

• gustatory receptor cells

• umami cells

Small projections located on the tongue’s surface where taste buds are located are known as:

• papillae

• gustatory cells

• olfactory epithelium

• mucous producing glands

Our noses can detect chemicals in the air

• True

• False

NOT a primary taste sensation

• bitter

• salty

• sweet

• peppery

These are sensory organs that are found in your tongue. They allow you to taste!

• Teeth

• Saliva

• Taste Buds

• Trachea

Smells evoke emotions because:

• Smells are a powerful sense

• Smells reach primitive parts of the brain.

• Every scent has an emotion associated with it.

• The smell receptors are closely linked to areas of memory within the brain.

Area #3 sends impulses into the olfactory cortex of the brain. It is called the

• Olfactory nerve

• Olfactory bulb

• Olfactory hairs

• Olfactory of the south