Study Guide Unit 5: Sensation and Perception
1. SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Pages: 115-123
Due date:
Sensation
perception
Inattention
blindness
Selective attention
(Cocktail party
effect)
Psychophysics
Signal detection
theory
bottom-up
processing
Change blindness
top-down
processing
Absolute thresholds
difference
threshold (JND)
Weber’s law
Sensory adaption
2. EYE DIAGRAM and Vocabulary
Pages: 124-133
Due date:
Read assigned pages then label the eye anatomy diagram below. Complete additional
vocabulary on a separate piece of paper
Cornea - the clear, dome-shaped tissue
Pupil - the opening in the center of the iris- it changes size as the
covering the front of the eye.
amount of light changes (the more light, the smaller the hole)
Iris –
Retina
Lens - a crystalline structure located
just behind the iris - it focuses light
onto the retina
Vitreous - a thick, transparent liquid that fills the center of the
Optic nerve - the nerve that transmits
eye - it is mostly water and gives the eye its form and shape (also
electrical impulses from the retina to
called the vitreous humor)
the brain
transduction
accommodation
blind spot
Opponent process
theory
wavelength
rods
fovea
Trichromatic theory
hue
cones
feature detectors
Extra:
intensity
optic nerve
parallel processing
Study Guide Unit 5: Sensation and Perception
3. EAR DIAGRAM and Vocabulary:
Pages 134-141
Due date:
Read assigned pages then label the eye anatomy diagram below. Complete additional vocabulary on a
separate piece of paper
Sound is collected by the pinna (the visible part of the ear) and directed through the outer ear canal. The
sound makes the eardrum vibrate, which in turn causes a series of three tiny bones (the hammer, the
anvil, and the stirrup) in the middle ear to vibrate. The vibration is transferred to the snail-shaped
cochlea in the inner ear; the cochlea is lined with sensitive hairs which trigger the generation of nerve
signals that are sent to the brain. Read assigned pages, then label the ear anatomy diagram.
anvil - (also called the incus) a tiny bone that passes
vibrations from the hammer to the stirrup.
cochlea –
nerves - these carry electro-chemical signals
from the inner ear (the cochlea) to the brain.
outer ear canal
eardrum - (also called the tympanic membrane) a thin
membrane that vibrates when sound waves reach it.
Eustachian tube - a tube that connects the middle ear to the
back of the nose; it equalizes the pressure between the
middle ear and the air outside. When you "pop" your ears as
you change altitude (going up a mountain or in an airplane),
you are equalizing the air pressure in your middle ear.
hammer –
Hair cells
middle ear
frequency
cochlea
pinna - (also called the auricle) the visible
part of the outer ear. It collects sound and
directs it into the outer ear canal
semicircular canals
stirrup - (also called the stapes) a tiny, Ushaped bone that passes vibrations from the
stirrup to the cochlea. This is the smallest
bone in the human body (it is 0.25 to 0.33 cm
long).
pitch
inner ear
Place theory
sensorineural hearing loss
Study Guide Unit 5: Sensation and Perception
conduction hearing loss
4. OTHER SENSES
Pages 141-150
frequency theory
Audition
cochlear implant
Due date:
The tongue is a strong muscle in the mouth that is covered with papillae (small bumps on the tongue) and taste
buds (that sense bitter, salty, sweet, and sour tastes). The taste buds are clustered along the sides of the tongue.
Read the descriptions, then label the tongue below.
bitter - Bitter tastes (like the taste of tonic water) are mostly sensed towards the back and rear sides of the
tongue.
salty and sweet - Salty tastes and sweet tastes (like sugar) are mostly tasted at the tip of the tongue.
sour - Sour tastes (like lemon juice) are mostly tasted at the sides of the tongue, at the middle and towards the
front.
*Extra: Gustatory sensations-
5. PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION
Pages 151-159
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Gestalt
Figure-ground
grouping
depth perception
visual cliff (experiment)
binocular (depth) cues
retinal disparity
monocular cues
phi phenomenon
perceptual constancy
Vestibular sense
Kinesthesis
Gate-control theory
6. PERCEPTUAL INTERPRTATION
Page 159-169 Due date:
Perceptual adaptation
perceptual set
Extrasensory perception
(ESP)