SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
APLUS
●● 85 Decibels
Answer: Prolonged exposure to sound above _______ can lead to
hearing loss
●● absolute threshold
Answer: the smallest possible strength of a stimulus that can be detected
in half the time
●● Audition
Answer: the ability to hear
●● Auditory Canal
Answer: a part of the outer ear, it funnels sound waves to the ear drum
●● Auditory Nerve
Answer: nerve that is connected to the cochlea which sends the auditory
message to the brain via the thalamus
,●● binocular cues
Answer: visual clues to depth or distance requiring two eyes
●● Bipolar Cells
Answer: is a type of neuron which has two extensions. __________ are
specialized sensory neurons for the transmission of special senses. As
such, they are part of the sensory pathways for smell, sight, taste,
hearing and vestibular functions.
●● Blind Spot
Answer: the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye, creating a
___________ because no receptor cells are located there
●● bottom-up processing
Answer: analysis begins withe the sensory receptors and works up to the
brain's integration of sensory information
●● Brightness
Answer: the dimension of visual experience related to the amount
(intensity) of light emitted from or reflected by an object
●● change blindness
, Answer: Failing to notice changes in the environment/scenes, even when
you appear to be attending to the information
●● choice blindness
Answer: the phenomenon of subjects not realizing that they had been
given something that was not "their choice"
●● Closure
Answer: a Gestalt principle that the brain tends to fill in gaps in order to
perceive complex forms
●● Cochlea
Answer: Located in the inner ear; a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the
inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses
●● Cocktail party effect
Answer: the ability to attend to only one voice among many
●● Conduction Hearing Loss
Answer: Hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that
conducts sound waves to the cochlea
●● Cones
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
APLUS
●● 85 Decibels
Answer: Prolonged exposure to sound above _______ can lead to
hearing loss
●● absolute threshold
Answer: the smallest possible strength of a stimulus that can be detected
in half the time
●● Audition
Answer: the ability to hear
●● Auditory Canal
Answer: a part of the outer ear, it funnels sound waves to the ear drum
●● Auditory Nerve
Answer: nerve that is connected to the cochlea which sends the auditory
message to the brain via the thalamus
,●● binocular cues
Answer: visual clues to depth or distance requiring two eyes
●● Bipolar Cells
Answer: is a type of neuron which has two extensions. __________ are
specialized sensory neurons for the transmission of special senses. As
such, they are part of the sensory pathways for smell, sight, taste,
hearing and vestibular functions.
●● Blind Spot
Answer: the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye, creating a
___________ because no receptor cells are located there
●● bottom-up processing
Answer: analysis begins withe the sensory receptors and works up to the
brain's integration of sensory information
●● Brightness
Answer: the dimension of visual experience related to the amount
(intensity) of light emitted from or reflected by an object
●● change blindness
, Answer: Failing to notice changes in the environment/scenes, even when
you appear to be attending to the information
●● choice blindness
Answer: the phenomenon of subjects not realizing that they had been
given something that was not "their choice"
●● Closure
Answer: a Gestalt principle that the brain tends to fill in gaps in order to
perceive complex forms
●● Cochlea
Answer: Located in the inner ear; a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the
inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses
●● Cocktail party effect
Answer: the ability to attend to only one voice among many
●● Conduction Hearing Loss
Answer: Hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that
conducts sound waves to the cochlea
●● Cones
