Psych 101 Review (Sensation Perception)

Where light is transducted into neuronal impulses

Receptor cells are located on the

Scientific name for hearing

Controls the size of the pupil

Turning a stimulus into neuronal action potentials

Amplitude is the number of wavelengths in a period of time

Visible part of the ear

Ability to hear important stimuli in a busy enviornment

Contains fluid that vibrates and activates the receptor cells

Barrier between middle and inner ear

Frequency in a sound wave is perceived as

Another word for the sense of body position

Receives information directly from the retina

Two items known to be a similar size are perceived as two different sizes suggesting distance between them

Where the two optic nerves meet

Decibels are a measure of

Which gestalt principle does this picture illustrate

Noise is a stimulus

Processing a stimuli from known information

Skin receptor that senses light touch

Receptors in the brain act according to the opponent process theory

Which gestalt principle does this picture illustrate

Smallest amount of change necessary to detect a change in a stimulus

Cones are the photoreceptor for color

Where light enters the eye

Items close to us appear to move faster than those farther away

Anything in the environment that can be perceived

Recieving stimulation from a source

Depth perception cues using one eye

The Ossicles are located in the

First piece of the ear to vibrate when hit by a sound wave

Recognition of a sensation by the brain

States that each photoreceptor responds to either Red, Green or Blue

Studies how we perceive patterns

Portion of the Electromagnetic Spectrum humans can see

The Fovea contains only cones