Sensation & Perception Chapter 3 Key Terms

The basic, un-
interpreted, raw
messages received from
sensory organs is called:
Chapter 3: Sensation & Perception

If light waves enter the
eye and stimulate
photoreceptors, you are
experiencing what?

Your personal opinion of
something reflects your
__________.

An individual’s unique
interpretation of senses
is called:

The transparent outer
covering of the eye is
called what?

This structure regulates
the amount of light that
enters the eye.

The black of the eye that
allows light to enter into
the eye is called what?

Light waves need to
stimulate the back of the
eye. This area is called
the:

The retina contains what
structures?

The part of the eye where
the optic nerve leaves the
eye and in which there
are no photoreceptors is
called:

Why is the blind spot
called the blind spot?

The area at the back of
the eye that contains
more cones than any
other area is called the:

The point at which the
optic nerves from both
eyes crisscross on route
to the brain is called the:

The specialized neurons
that are stimulated by
light waves are called:

What structure allows is
to perceive color, the
ability to see in bright
light and to see in fine
detail or focus is called
the:

If the _______ are
functioning, then we are
unable to see color or in
detail or focus.

This results when the
eyeball is too long and
images are focused at a
point in front of the
retina.

This results when the
eyeball is too short and
images are focused at a
point behind the retina.

The process by which
sensory information is
turned into neural
messages that can be
interpreted by the brain
is called:

This occurs when
sensory neurons decrease
in their response to a
constant, unchanging
stimulus.

If you are taking a hot
shower and the water
seems to get colder, it
might be due to what?

There needs to be a
certain amount of
intensity before you can
distinguish between two
stimuli. This is called:

This proposes that there
are red, blue and green
color receptors in the
retina that allow us to
experience all color
perception.

What are the three color
cones according to the
Trichromatic Theory?

This theory proposes that
there are three types of
photoreceptors that are
grouped into pairs and
stimulation of these lead
to all color perception.

What are the three pairs
of photoreceptors
according to the
Opponent Processing
Theory?

Which of the two types
of color blindness is the
most common to occur?

Which type of color
blindness is described as
the inability to perceive
certain color pairs?

Which type of color
blindness would someone
have is they experience no
color perception and live in
a world of black, white and
shades of gray?

What are the names for
our sense of taste and our
sense of smell?

The three types of
stimuli that make up our
sense of touch include:

What is the name of the
bodily sense that provides
information about
perceptions of the location
of various body parts and
about the position of the
body in space?

This term refers to your
sense of balance.

This binocular cue is
described as the
differences in the images
that fall on the retinas of
each eye.

This binocular cue occurs
because the muscles of each
eye provide information
about depth and distance
when they move the eyes
towards each other.

If parallel lines appear to
converge in the distance,
we are experiencing:

Textured surfaces appear
to be smoother and less
textured when they are
far from the viewer. This
is known as what?

Who are the individuals
who conducted an
experiment to test depth
perception in infants?
What was the name of
that study?

Will infants who have
NOT yet developed
depth perception crawl
past the edge in the
visual cliff experiment?
Why?

Will infants who HAVE
developed depth
perception crawl past the
edge in the visual cliff
experiment? Why?

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