Psych Vocab Chapter 5&6

5 Written Questions

1. organized whole; emphasize our tendency to integrate pieces of info into meaningful wholes
2. where the light enters the eye
3. caused by damage to mechanical system that gives sound waves to cochlea
4. caused by damage to the cochlea's receptor cells or to the auditory nerves
5. formed from ganglion cells and carries visual info to the brain

5 Matching Questions

1. Retina
2. Monocular cues
3. lens
4. top down processing
5. inner ear

1. a light sensitive inner surface of the eye
2. b distance cues, such as linear perspective and overlap, available to either eye alone
3. c processing guided by higher level thinking; drawing perceptions from our experience and expectations
4. d focusing images and objects
5. e contains the cochlea and semicircular glands

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. information that is processed below the absolute threshold
   1. Subliminal
   2. Iris
   3. Pupil
   4. Retina
2. study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis
   1. Chochlea
   2. Parapsychology
   3. Pupil
   4. Transduction
3. red=green; blue=yellow; black=white
   1. Sensory interaction
   2. Opponent process theory of color vision
   3. extrasensory perception
   4. top down processing
4. inside cochlea and is lined with hair cells (where transduction takes place)
   1. Vestibular sense
   2. binocular cue
   3. Basilar Membrane
   4. Optic Nerve
5. small opening to the eye
   1. Fovea
   2. Pupil
   3. Iris
   4. lens

5 True/False Questions

1. Retinal disparity → binocular cue for perceiving depth by comparing images from the two eyeballs

   True        False

2. Sense of touch → organized whole; emphasize our tendency to integrate pieces of info into meaningful wholes

   True        False

3. Cones → permit perception of color

   True        False

4. Chochlea → where the light enters the eye

   True        False

5. Young Helmholtz trichromatic theory → color receptors: red, blue, green

   True        False