Study Questions Number 13 Chapter 6. Sensation and perception (204-227)

Student Name _____________________ Date: 10-8-04 Introduction to Psychology 101 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.

1.	What is the definition of loudness? What physical stimulus produces loudness? (204)
2.	What is the definition of pitch? What physical stimulus produces pitch? (204)
3.	What is the definition of timbre? What physical stimulus produces timbre? (204)
4.	Be able to describe the flow of sound information from sound waves outside the ear to a signal passing along the auditory nerve. (205-207)
5.	What are the four basic tastes? What are the receptor cells for taste? Where are they located? (208-210)
6.	What is the physical stimulus for olfaction? How is it converted into a signal on the olfactory tract? (210-212)
7.	Know the gate-control theory of pain. Impulses through what close the gate? Where is the gate located? According to the gate-control theory of pain, when does pain occur? Know what predictions this theory makes. (212-213)
6.	Know the neuromatrix theory of pain. How does the neuromatrix theory explain phantom pain? What role does the brain play in producing pain? (212-213)
7.	Be able to describe how psychological and cultural factors influence what we perceive and how we perceive? Be able to name and describe each. (217-218)
8.	Be able to describe the pain-treatment programs discussed at the end of Chapter 6.(223-224)