AP Psychology
10/28/13
Warm-up
• Get video presentations ready.
Audition
• Amplitude: strength of sound waves =
loudness (amp)
• Frequency: wavelength of sound waves = pitch
(high-frequency pitch)
• Timbre: used to distinguish sounds of same
amplitude & frequency.
The Ear!
• Draw & label the ear.
• Outer ear, middle ear, & inner ear.
• Pinna (visible part of ear), auditory canal,
eardrum (tympanic membrane), hammer,
anvil, stirrup, oval window, cochlea, basilar
membrane, auditory nerve.
The Ear!
Pitch perception
• How do place theory and frequency theory
combine to explain pitch?
• What is the volley principle, and how does it
explain why frequency theory is limited to lower
pitches?
• Place: the place in the cochlea that vibrates the
most determines pitch (most accurate with high
pitches)
• Frequency: the number of neural impulses match
the frequency of a tone, which determines pitch
(most accurate with low pitches)
Hearing tidbits…
• Why is it important to have two ears?
• What is the difference between conduction
hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss?
Which is more common?
• What is a cochlear implant? Why is it
controversial?
Touch
• Why does growth & metabolism slow at a young
age when deprived of touch?
• What are phantom limb sensations? What do
they reveal about pain?
• What is the gate-control theory of pain? How can
you mitigate pain according to this theory?
• Write a paragraph explaining what your “pain
tolerance” is, and how it was formed by biology,
culture, and psychology (see: page 226).
Taste
• What is the evolutionary argument for
children disliking new meats and vegetables?
• What is the biological argument for children
disliking new meats and vegetables?
Smell
• In what ways is smell unique as a sense?
(does not run through the thalamus and it
cannot be separated into distinct groups)
• What does the olfactory system’s location
have to do with its ability to produce
nostalgia?
• How are the olfactory and gustatory systems
linked?
Body Position
• In notes: explain the difference between
kinesthesis and vestibular sense.
Senses broken down…
• Sight is made up of what three distinct senses?
Red, blue, and green.
• Hearing is made up of what three distinct senses?
Volume, pitch, and timbre.
• Touch is made up of what four distinct senses?
Pressure, warmth, cold, and pain.
• Taste is made up of what five distinct senses?
Salty, sweet, sour, bitter, & umami (6th sense -> curry?).
• Smell is made up of what distinct senses?
Smells are individual! About detectable 10,000 odors for
humans.
Linked senses
• What is sensory compensation? Give an example.
• What is sensory interaction? What does it reveal
about the evolution of our senses?
Synaesthesia: one sensation produces another.
McGurk Effect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtsfidRq2tw
Senses chapter
• Overall, what perspective of psychology would
you say this chapter was written from? Why?
Homework…
• Review for the test Wednesday! It is
cumulative for the quarter!
• Chapters 1-5.