Psych 101 test 2

The ______ refers to the phenomenon of enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading, information

If a split-brain patient has a pen in their left hand and a cup in their right hand what will they say they are holding

olfactory cells respond to

What happens when the corpus callosum is split?

Memories that are consciously available such as facts and personal experiences are known as what?

The ____ is caused by manipulating vertices to make one line appear to be bulging toward you and the other away from you

What type of signal is associated with gate control theory?

Hearing a language you do not understand is an example of

The three bones in the ear are known as the ____.

Phineas Gage was unable to acceptably express his emotions because his _____ was damaged.

_____ is caused by a dissociation between the visual and vestibular senses

The blind spot (where the optic nerve leaves the eye) is created due to a(n) _____ of receptor cells

The sound of my roommate's fish tank doesn't bother me like it did when I first moved in because ______

Name this disorder: patients ignore half of the sensory input in their visual field

There are _____ neurons in each optic nerve

the amount of area a particular body part receives in the somatosensory cortex determines _______

Color after-images are produced by which of the following

Weber's law states that for a stimulus to be perceived as different, two stimuli must ______

The ______ houses motion perception areas

When you shift focus from an object far away to an object right in front of you your eye undergoes _______

Hair cells are vibrated by _____

which of the following diseases is caused primarily by right hemisphere damage

You see a bus coming towards you. You perceive the movement, color, route number all at once. What is happening?

Why is the surface of the cortex wrinkly

the basilar membrane vibrates in response to

Which of the following indicates changes in rotary acceleration

The activation of particular associations in memory is called _______

Which of the following is NOT one of the three somatosensory senses

Cones are _____ sensitive to light while rods are ____ sensitive to light

Which type of memory has the highest capacity?

Long-term potentiation _______ a synapse's firing potential after a brief, rapid stimulation.

Which type of memory has the shortest duration?

Which of the following is least affected by aging?

A person with achromatopsia would be unable to ________.

Which of the following is most affected by aging?

What does a hair cell do when it is vibrated by the basilar membrane?

When we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations we are utilizing

Which of the following is not a mnemonic technique

What structure is associated with gate control theory?

How does an infant's perception of sound differ from adults

The ____ cells send color information to the brain

The parietal lobe is responsible for _____ while the temporal lobe is responsible for ______.

Speech production and comprehension is a major function of the _____ hemisphere

The ________ bend light to create images on the retina.

Broca's area is responsible for ______

An average person has ____ cones

Short term memory has ____ capacity and ____ duration

How would an anomalous trichromat's vision differ from a normal trichromat

Color blindness is more common in men than women because ______

The _____ is the tissue region at the top of the nasal cavity

Where are the vestibular organs located?

Which two parts of the brain shrink during Alzheimer's

Because of the serial positioning effect, we tend to remember the _____ item(s) on a list best

The natural ability to compartmentalize many facets of a problem simultaneously is known as what?

An absolute threshold refers to the ____