Physiological Psychology | Set 5
1. __________ is the thick nerve that exits from the back of the eye and carries visual
information to the visual cortex in the brain.
2. _________________ is the distinctive quality of a sound, determined by the
complexity of sound waves.
3. _______________ is the small, tightly stretched membrane that seperates the middle
ear from the inner ear.
4. ________________ is the physical stimuli that produce our sensory experience of
sound.
5. According to ________________ theory, the basilar membrane vibrates at the same frequency as the sound wave, thereby enabling low-frequency sound to be transmitted to
the brain.
6. ________________ is the part of the ear where sound is transduced into neural
impulses; consists of cochlea and semicircular canals.
7. _______________ is the technical term for our sense of taste.
8. _________________ is the specialized sensory receptors for taste that are located on
the tongue and inside the mouth and the throat.
9. _______________ is the technical name for the sense of location and position of
body parts in relation to one another.
10. The German word ___________________ means a unified whole, and this perspective maintains that we perceive whole objects or figures rather than isolated bits
and pieces of information.
11. _____________ is the binocular cue that relies on the fact that our eyes are set a couple of inches apart and thus a slightly different image of an object is cast on the retina
of each eye.
12. ___________________ is the distance or depth cues that require the use of both eyes.
13. ________________ is the use of visual cues (either monocular or binocular) to
perceive the distance or three-dimensional characteristics of objects.
14. _________________ is the process of integrating, organizing, and interpreting
sensory information in a way that is meaningful.
15. ________________ is a binocular cue that relies on the degree to which muscles rotate the eyes to focus on an object; the less convergence, the farther away the object
appears to be.
16. ________________ is the influence of prior assumptions and expectations on
perceptual interpretations.
17. _________________ is the tendency to perceive objects, especially familiar objects,
as constant and unchanging despite changes in sensory.
18. ____________ is the term for the investigation of claims of various paranormal
phenomena.
19. ________________ is the perception of an object as maintaining the same size
despite changing images on the retina.
20. Stereograms use the binocular depth cue of _______________.
21. _________________ refers to the fact that when we view a scene, we automatically separate the elements of that scene into the feature that clearly stands out and its less
distinct background.
22. __________________ is the perception that the brightness of an object remains the
same even though the lighting conditions change.
23. ___________________ is based on the idea that sensory information can be detected
by some means other than through the normal processes of sensation.
24. ___________________ is an illusion of movement that results when two, separate,
carefully timed flashing lights are perceived as one light moving back and forth.
25. The cues used to judge the distance of objects that require the use of only one eye are
called ______________.
26. One object partially blocks or obscures the view of another object and the partially
blocked object is perceived as being farther away: _______________