Psych II: Unit 3 Senses and Perception

The process by which one form of energy is converted into another is called…

(Unit 3 Vocabulary)

• Transduction

• Olfaction

• Sensorimotor

• Schema

The sense of taste

(Unit 3 Vocabulary)

• Vestibular

• Gustation

• Olfaction

• Audition

The systematic study of alleged psychological phenomena involving the transfer of information or energy that cannot be explained in terms of presently known scientific data or laws.

(Unit 3 Vocabulary)

• Sensation

• Gestalt Psychology

• Parapsychology

• Perception

A collection of basic knowledge about a concept or entity that serves as a guide to perception, interpretation, imagination, or problem solving. 

(Unit 3 Vocabulary)

• Hue

• Proprioception

• Interposition

• Schema 

The sense that humans rely on the most is...

(Sensation and Perception Part I)

• Vision

• Hearing

• Touch

• Smell

The process or result of becoming aware of objects, relationships, and events by means of the senses, which includes such activities as recognizing, observing, and discriminating.

(Unit 3 Vocabulary)

• Inductive Reasoning

• Perception

• Sensation

• Kinesthesis

These photoreceptors in your eye detect black, white, and gray and work in very dim light for night vision

(Senses and Perception Part I)

• Cones

• Cilia

• Rods

• Cochlea

The eye’s ability to see things on the side of our field of vision when looking straight ahead.

(Senses and Perception Part I)

• Side Vision

• Night Vision

• Monocular Vision

• Peripheral Vision

Which option below does NOT describe the “Trichromatic Theory”

(Senses and Perception Part I)

• It is a process that takes place in the brain

• It is the earliest theory about why we see color

• We see specific colors by comparing responses from red, green, and blue cones

• We see red, yellow, and green colors better than blues

Which theory below best describes we can't see colors like “bluish-yellow” or “reddish-green”?

(Senses and Perception Part I)

• Place Theory

• Opponent Process Theory

• Frequency Theory

• Trichromatic Theory