Sensation and Perception

What is the term for the physical process during which our sensory organs respond to external stimuli?

What is the psychological process of making sense of stimuli and appreciating the complex world around us called?

The conversion of physical energy, such as light or a sound wave, into a form of energy the brain can understand (electrical stimulation) is known as what?

What is the term for the minimal amount of stimulation needed for a sense organ to detect a stimulus?

In a signal detection test, what is it called when a participant correctly indicates that a sound was heard?

What does Weber's Law state about detecting differences between stimuli?

When we build up to a perception from the individual pieces of a stimulus, what type of processing are we using?

Noticing the second 'the' in the phrase 'I LOVE PARIS IN THE THE SPRINGTIME' is difficult for experienced readers because they are using what type of processing?

What phenomenon explains why you stop feeling the weight of your clothing or hearing the hum of a projector in a lecture hall after a while?

Which part of the eye regulates the amount of light entering by contracting in bright light and dilating in dimmer light?

What is the term for the perception of 3D space that results from having two eyes in different locations, creating a slightly different image on each retina?

In the retina, which type of photoreceptor is primarily responsible for our ability to see in dim light conditions?

Which photoreceptors are concentrated in the fovea, the central region of focus in the retina?

Damage to specialized cortical regions like the fusiform face area can result in a specific kind of agnosia called prosopagnosia, which is the inability to do what?

The visual pathway involved in processing location and movement is also known as which pathway?

How long does the process of dark adaptation, which allows for night vision ability, typically take?

Which theory of color vision explains the phenomenon of afterimages, such as seeing a different-colored flag after staring at one for 30 seconds?

According to the trichromatic theory of color vision, we have cones that respond preferentially to which three colors?

What physical property of a sound wave codes for the loudness of a stimulus?

What is the correct sequence for sound waves traveling from the outer ear to the cochlea?

Inside which snail-shell-like bone structure are auditory hair cells located?

Depending on age, what is the normal range of sound frequencies that humans can detect?

The tonotopic organization of the cochlea, where hair cells are arranged according to the frequency they respond to, is maintained in which part of the brain?

Which system, comprised of three semicircular canals in the inner ear, is associated with our ability to balance and detect our orientation in space?

Tactile stimuli associated with texture are transduced by what special receptors in the skin?

The primary somatosensory cortex is organized in a somatotopic map. What does this mean?

What is the term for the perception of pain?

Olfaction (smell) and gustation (taste) are referred to as what type of senses because they transduce chemical stimuli?

In the sense of smell, odorants in the environment bind with olfactory receptors found in which structure?

The loss of the ability to smell, which can be caused by head trauma severing connections through the cribriform plate, is known as what?

In the sense of taste, receptors are found in the taste buds, which are located in small divots around what structures on the tongue?

Which of the following is NOT one of the five basic tastes mentioned in the chapter?

The perception of flavor is created by the combination of which two senses?

What is the term for the process where information from one sense has the potential to influence how we perceive information from another sense?

What is the 'superadditive effect of multisensory integration'?

According to the principle of inverse effectiveness, when are you most likely to benefit from additional cues from other modalities?

Neurons that respond to both visual and auditory stimuli, playing a role in multimodal perception, have been identified in which brain area?

According to the text, the human eye is capable of detecting candlelight from how far away in the dark?

In a quiet environment, from what distance is the human ear capable of hearing the ticking of a watch?

The physical stimulus for audition (hearing) is what?

Why does looking directly at a dim star in the sky sometimes make it seem to disappear?

What is the collective name for the three smallest bones in the body—the malleus, incus, and stapes—which vibrate against the tympanic membrane?

Disturbances in the vestibular system, which is involved in balance, can result in what condition?

The phenomenon of phantom limbs involves sensations, such as itching, that seemingly come from a missing limb. What is a proposed explanation for this?

The shape theory of olfaction proposes that different odorants bind to different specialized receptors based on their what?

Which statement accurately reflects the modern understanding of the tongue's ability to sense the five basic tastes?

What are the chemicals contained in foods that taste receptors respond to called?

A beginning reader, who carefully attends to each piece of a text, would be less likely to miss an error like a repeated word. What type of processing are they primarily using?

In a signal detection task, what is it called when a person indicates that a sound was heard when one was not actually played?

The idea that our cones send information to retinal ganglion cells that respond to pairs of colors like red-green and blue-yellow is central to which theory?