Psych Perception Exam 3

Front 1

Tactile

Back 1

sensations caused by mechanical displacements of the skin

Front 2

Thermal

Back 2

perception of temperature change

Front 3

Kinesthesis

Back 3

perception of positions and movements of limbs, muscles, tendons

Front 4

Muscle spindles

Back 4

receptors convey the rate at which the muscle fibers are changing length

Front 5

Nociceptors

Back 5

a sensory neuron that responds to potentially damaging stimuli (pain)

Front 6

Two – Point Touch Threshold

Back 6

the minimum distance at which two stimuli are just perceptible as separate

Front 7

Neuroplasticity

Back 7

The ability of the brain to change as a result of one's experience

Front 8

Exploratory Procedure

Back 8

Stereotyped hand movement pattern used to contact objects in order to perceive their properties

Front 9

Anosmia

Back 9

Smell blindness

Front 10

Triangle Test

Back 10

Participant gets 3 odors to smell, identify which is different

Front 11

Tip-of-the-Nose Phenomenon

Back 11

Scent is familiar but can't come up with the name for it

Front 12

Odor Hedonics

Back 12

The liking dimension of odor perception

Front 13

Learned Taste Aversion

Back 13

Avoidance of a novel flavor after it has been paired with gastric illness

Front 14

Filiform Papillae

Back 14

Anterior portion of tongue; without any taste function

Front 15

Fungiform Papillae

Back 15

Resemble tiny mushrooms, on anterior part of tongue, visible

Front 16

Foliate Papillae

Back 16

On sides, look like folds

Front 17

Circumvallate Papillae

Back 17

Large circular structures
Make a “v” on tongue

Front 18

Specific Hungers Theory

Back 18

The idea that a deficiency of a given nutrient will produce craving for that nutrient

Front 19

Cross-modal Perception

Back 19

The ability to perceive an object across modalities

Front 20

Cross-modal Transfer

Back 20

Learn a discrimination problem in one modality
Present the same problem in a different one
How quickly do they learn?

Front 21

Cross-modal Matching

Back 21

Present a sample object in one modality, then remove it
Present two or three choice objects using a different modality