Explain the Following Psychology Flashcards

study guide for chapter 4,5,6.

167 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
Which of the following best represents the concept of a transducer
Speaking into a telephone receiver
Sensory analysis tends to extract perceptual ______ from stimulus patterns
Features
Which pair of terms is most closely related
Hyperopia- presbyopia
Which two dimensions of color are related to the wavelenght of electomagnetic energy
Hue and saturation
In vision, a loss of accommodation is most associated with aging of the
Lens
The existence of the bllind spot is explained by a lack of
Photoreceptors
Visual acuity and color vision are provided by the _____ found in large numbers in the ____ of the eye
Cones, fovea
An optometrist might conclude that paul has a better than average acuity and he has _____ vision
20/12
Which theory of color vision best explains the fact that we do not see yellowish blue
Opponent process
Dark adaptation is closely related to concentrations of _____ in the _____
Rhodopsin, rods
Which of the following types of color blindness is most common
Red-green, male
Rods and cones are to vision as _____ are to hearing
Hair cells
According to the ___ theory of hearing, low tones cause the greatest movement near the ____ of the cochlea
Place, outer tip
Children who are born deaf have a good chance at learning spoken language at an almost normal rate if they receive implants before the age of
2
Which of the following does not belong with the others
Organ of corti