Elementary Psychology Exam 2 With
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sensation -ANSWER process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system
receive and represent stimuli form the environment (stays the same 2 shades of blue)
perception -ANSWER process of organizing and interpreting sensory information (can
change 2 faces and a vase)
transduction -ANSWER creating a neural stimulus from a physical stimulus and occurs in
every sensory modality
taste (gustation) -ANSWER transduction is chemicals dissolved in salvia (stimuli)
fungiform papillae -ANSWER bumps on tongue
vision -ANSWER photons of light
audition -ANSWER sound waves (air compression)
Democritus -ANSWER shapes=taste
sweet= round, salty=isosceles triangle
sweet (sucrose--table sugar)
5 basic tastes -ANSWER sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami
somatosensation -ANSWER pressure, temperature (physical stimuli) transduction
olfaction (smell) -ANSWER chemicals in air
Johannes Muller -ANSWER doctrine of specific nerve energies
'different sensory qualities are caused by different neural structures'
sensory qualities are- five basic tastes
neural structures are-taste receptors
taste does not equal -ANSWER FLAVOR!
flavor equals.... -ANSWER taste + retro-nasal smell
ortho-nasal smell -ANSWER sniffing in (inhale)
, retronasal smell -ANSWER breathing out (exhaling)
Gestalt -ANSWER 'the whole is more than the sum of its parts'
perception is more than the sum of sensation
A school of psychology that believes individuals perceive objects and patterns as whole
units and that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. They believed that behavior,
perception, and all elements of the self must be viewed as a whole.
shape consistency -ANSWER Tendency to see shapes as unchanging regardless of the
angle you see it at
problems with shape consistency... -ANSWER example: train track looks narrower but
we assume it is going farther away not that it is actually narrower
2 aspects of consciousness -ANSWER monitoring ourselves and our external
environment so that we can be aware of certain things
controlling ourselves-starting and stopping behavior based on our plans and goals
William James -ANSWER defined psychology as "the description and explanation of
states of consciousness", -invented functionalism
functionalism -ANSWER A system of thought in psychology that was concerned with
studying how mental processes help individuals adapt to their environments.
Feud's view of consciousness -ANSWER ICEBERG! -motivated to be unaware of
thoughts or memories
conscious process
preconscious process (can become conscious)
unconscious process (can't become conscious-too painful)
problem with Freud's view of consciousness -ANSWER if your mind can repress a
painful thought or memory, doesn't this imply that some part of your mind is aware of
that thought.
cognitive unconscious -ANSWER we have mental systems that operate on an
unconscious level
example: perception operates outside of consciousness (we don't have to think about
seeing or tasting)
non tasters -ANSWER fewer fungiform papillae (1/4)
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sensation -ANSWER process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system
receive and represent stimuli form the environment (stays the same 2 shades of blue)
perception -ANSWER process of organizing and interpreting sensory information (can
change 2 faces and a vase)
transduction -ANSWER creating a neural stimulus from a physical stimulus and occurs in
every sensory modality
taste (gustation) -ANSWER transduction is chemicals dissolved in salvia (stimuli)
fungiform papillae -ANSWER bumps on tongue
vision -ANSWER photons of light
audition -ANSWER sound waves (air compression)
Democritus -ANSWER shapes=taste
sweet= round, salty=isosceles triangle
sweet (sucrose--table sugar)
5 basic tastes -ANSWER sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami
somatosensation -ANSWER pressure, temperature (physical stimuli) transduction
olfaction (smell) -ANSWER chemicals in air
Johannes Muller -ANSWER doctrine of specific nerve energies
'different sensory qualities are caused by different neural structures'
sensory qualities are- five basic tastes
neural structures are-taste receptors
taste does not equal -ANSWER FLAVOR!
flavor equals.... -ANSWER taste + retro-nasal smell
ortho-nasal smell -ANSWER sniffing in (inhale)
, retronasal smell -ANSWER breathing out (exhaling)
Gestalt -ANSWER 'the whole is more than the sum of its parts'
perception is more than the sum of sensation
A school of psychology that believes individuals perceive objects and patterns as whole
units and that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. They believed that behavior,
perception, and all elements of the self must be viewed as a whole.
shape consistency -ANSWER Tendency to see shapes as unchanging regardless of the
angle you see it at
problems with shape consistency... -ANSWER example: train track looks narrower but
we assume it is going farther away not that it is actually narrower
2 aspects of consciousness -ANSWER monitoring ourselves and our external
environment so that we can be aware of certain things
controlling ourselves-starting and stopping behavior based on our plans and goals
William James -ANSWER defined psychology as "the description and explanation of
states of consciousness", -invented functionalism
functionalism -ANSWER A system of thought in psychology that was concerned with
studying how mental processes help individuals adapt to their environments.
Feud's view of consciousness -ANSWER ICEBERG! -motivated to be unaware of
thoughts or memories
conscious process
preconscious process (can become conscious)
unconscious process (can't become conscious-too painful)
problem with Freud's view of consciousness -ANSWER if your mind can repress a
painful thought or memory, doesn't this imply that some part of your mind is aware of
that thought.
cognitive unconscious -ANSWER we have mental systems that operate on an
unconscious level
example: perception operates outside of consciousness (we don't have to think about
seeing or tasting)
non tasters -ANSWER fewer fungiform papillae (1/4)
