front 1 __ the ability to detect a stimulus and, perhaps, to turn that detection into a private experience. | back 1 Sensation |
front 2 ___ is the act of giving meaning to a detected sensation. | back 2 Perception |
front 3 which approach to studying sensation and perception would be concerned with determining the dimmest light you could perceive or the loudest sound you could hear without pain? | back 3 Threshold |
front 4 Which approach to studying sensation and perception would be concerned with creating a computer program that stimulates perceptual processes? | back 4 Sensory Neuroimaging |
front 5 Dualism is the idea that | back 5 the mind has an existence separate from the body |
front 6 materialism is the notion that __. | back 6 physical matter is the only reality |
front 7 __ is the founder of psychophysics | back 7 Fechner |
front 8 ___ is the smallest distance at which two stimuli are just perceptible as separate | back 8 the two-point touch threshold |
front 9 JND is the | back 9 smallest detectable difference between two stimuli |
front 10 if we measure the minimum volume it would take for you to hear a tone, then we have determined your ___ for hearing. | back 10 Absolute threshold |
front 11 ___ describes the relationship between a stimulues and its resulting sensation by proposing that the JND is a constant fraction of the stimulus intensity | back 11 Weber's Law |
front 12 If participants were holding two different weights in their hands and the JND for a 10-gram weight was 1 gram, what should the JND for a 100-gram weight, according to Weber's law? | back 12 10 grams |
front 13 ___ is the principle that describes the relationship between a stimulus and its resulting sensation that says the magnitude of subjective sensation is proportional to the stimulus magnitude, raised to and exponent. | back 13 Steven's power law |
front 14 Absolute threshold is the minimum amount of stimulation necessary for a person to detect a stimulus _% of the time | back 14 50 |
front 15 The method os __ requires the random presentation of many stimulus, ranging from rarely to almost perceivable, one at a time | back 15 constant stimuli |
front 16 the doctrine of specific nerve energies involves the stimulation of __. | back 16 sensory fibers |
front 17 The twelve pairs of nerves taht originates in the brain stem and reach sense organs and muscles through openings in the skull are called | back 17 cranial nerves |
front 18 if you has a stroke that damaged your temporal lobe, which sense would be most likely to be impaired? | back 18 Hearning |
front 19 __ invented the ophthalmoscope, studied hearing, and first determined the speed of neural impulses | back 19 Helmholtz |
front 20 If you look at neurons through a microscope and draw detailed pictures of their structures, whose scientific career are you most likley emulating? | back 20 Ramon y Cajal |
front 21 ___ olfaction refers to sniffing in and perceiving odors through the nostrils, whiles __ olfaction refers to perceiving odors through the mouth while chewing. | back 21 orthonasal; retronasal |
front 22 An __ is a molecule defined by its physiochemical characteristics and is capable of being translated by the nervous system into the perception of a smell | back 22 odorant |
front 23 which of the following is the translation of a chemical stimulus into a smell sensation? | back 23 odors |
front 24 ___ are the precursor cells to olfactory sensory neurons. | back 24 Basal cells |
front 25 The cilia are ___ | back 25 the first structures involved in olfactory signal transduction |
front 26 the processing of components in an odorant mixture is completed by using __. | back 26 analysis and synthesis |
front 27 if a different scent is presented to each of your nostrils at the same time, what will you most likely experience | back 27 binary rivalry |
front 28 these odors is created when at least 30 odorants of equal intensity that span olfactory physiochemical and psychological (perceptual) space are mixed. The resultant odor percept is the same as every other mixture of 30 odorants meeting the span and equivalent intensity criteria, even though the various mixtures do not share any common odorants. | back 28 Olfactory white |
front 29 over the course of 30 days, the percentage of correct recognitions of an odor __. | back 29 remains relatively constant |
front 30 __ is the sensation evoked by solutions that contact receptors int he tongue, while __ includes the former and also retronasal olfaction. | back 30 Taste; flavor |
front 31 the reason that food tastes bland if you have a cold is that your sinuses are usually studded, which restricts airflow through the nose and prevents | back 31 retronasal olfaction |
front 32 anesthesia of the chorda tympani causes | back 32 damaged taste |
front 33 __ are structures that give the tongue its bumpy appearance | back 33 Papillae |
front 34 neural signals from the __ in the papillae are transmitted via the cranial nerves to the brain. | back 34 taste buds |
front 35 Which of the following is NOT a type of papillae | back 35 Circular |
front 36 __ are the taste bud containing folds tissue that are located on the rear of the tongue, where the tongue attaches to the mouth. | back 36 foliate papillae |
front 37 ___ are mushroom-shaped structures distributed most densely on the edges of the tongue, especially the tip | back 37 fungiform paillae |
front 38 __ are circular, mound structure surrounded by a trench that forms an inverted "V" on the rear of the tongue | back 38 circumvallate papillae. |
front 39 __ are the smalles structures on the tongue that have no tast function and are responsible for its bumpy appearance | back 39 filiform papillae |
front 40 if you have a specific craving for salty foods due to a sodium deficiency, it is an example of the __ theory. | back 40 specific hungers |
front 41 Which of the following is evidence that taste preferences are genetically determined? | back 41 newborn infants respond with stereotyped facial expressions the first time tehy taste sweet, salty, sour, and bitter solutions |
front 42 The labeled lines theory of taste coding holds that each ___ carries a particular taste quality. | back 42 taste nerve fiber |