Sensation Review

In the opponent-process theory, the three pairs of processes are

• red-green/blue-yellow/black-white

• red-blue/green-yellow/black-white

• red-yellow/blue-green/black-white

• dependent upon the individual's experiences

Finding a cold classroom a little more comfortable once you have been in there for a while would be an example of

• sensory interaction

• stimulus generalization

• just noticeable difference

• sensory adaptation

Transduction for auditory stimuli occurs in the (select 2)

• semicircular canals

• basilar membrane

• cochlea

• middle ear

• eardrum

After staring at this image for a few seconds and then shifting your gaze to a neutral surface you should see a(n) __________ this provides evidence for the __________ theory of color vision

• after image/ trichromatic

• after image/ opponent-process

• after image/ figure-ground

• after image/ feature detection

The receptors that allow for gustation are located in the

• cochlea

• fovea

• retina

• taste buds

The fine detail produced by the visual system

• happens because of an abundance of rods

• is a binocular ability that some animals do not possess

• is referred to as foveal vision

• is a visual trick produced by neural activity manufactured by mirror cells

The smallest line on the eye chart that you can read during a trip to the optometrist would be an example of

• just noticeable difference

• difference threshold

• absolute threshold

• Weber's Law

Taste and touch, once transduced, is sent to the _____ lobe

• Frontal

• Parietal

• Occipital

• Temporal

Visual information, once it is transduced, goes to the ____ lobe

• Frontal

• Parietal

• Occipital

• Temporal

The following picture is of a cochlear implant. This is designed to correct...

• stimulation deafness

• conduction deafness

• sensory neural deafness

• auditory misalignment