1.
How are we able to keep our sense of balance through the
kinesthetic sense (give the different types of receptors)? What is haptic
perception and what 3 systems come into play when an object is being identified
using haptic perception? What are exploratory procedures and how do they differ
for different object qualities?
2.
Why is
temperature perception important? How are warm, cool, and hot sensed (make sure
to discuss the fibers in detail)? What factors influence our ability to sense
temperature (threshold and adaptation)?
3.
What is the gate
control theory of pain perception (include a diagram as well as a discussion of
how it works)? What are the cognitive factors that influence our sense of pain?
4.
What is phantom
limb? Describe the sensation people experience. What is the cause of phantom
limb and what evidence demonstrates this? How does this relate to referred
sensation?
5.
How are we able
to keep our sense of balance using the vestibular senses? Make sure you
describe the different receptors and their purpose and how they are related to
vision. Give an example of how the vestibular system is related to vision.
6.
What are the
characteristics of the olfactory receptors (where located, what look like,
etc.)? What are the neural brain pathways (neural code) and what does each
code? Discuss the current theory of smell perception. Why has it been so
difficult to develop this theory?
7.
What factors
influence our sensitivity to smell (absolute and difference threshold, self and
cross adaptation)? What kinds of differences do you see among individuals? What
is the lack of smell called and what factors cause this to occur?
8.
Humans can use
odor for many things such as person recognition (family, self, gender),
reproductive behavior (pheromones), mood, identifying illness, etc. Describe
the experiments and the results that demonstrate these behaviors.
9.
Draw what the
tongue looks like. Include the various papillae and neural connections made to
the tongue. What pathway might this information take to the brain? What are the
characteristics of the taste buds?
10.
How are we able
to perceive taste (discuss chemical differences, theories of coding, etc.)?
11.
How do all of the
senses, experiences, genetics, etc. work together to get the perception of
flavor? What area of the brain is important for linking the different senses
together to be able to experience flavor?
12.
How does an
infant’s visual perception change as the child develops? Make sure to discuss
acuity and contrast, object perception, distance perception, motion perception,
and color perception.
13.
How does an
infant’s auditory perception change as the child develops? Discuss auditory
abilities, music perception, speech perception, and coordinating vision and audition.
14.
What is the
evidence that infants can recognize different smells and tastes?
15.
What happens to
our sensory experiences as we age?
BONUS QUESTION – worth up to
10 points.
This question MUST be
completed and turned in during last day of class. I will not accept it at a
later time. Points will be given based on completeness of the answer.
All term I have been
discussing how Sensation and Perception can be applied. Now I want you to set
up a scenario which uses a multimodal (more than 1 sense) sensory experience.
Make sure to explain the different sensation and perception factors and how
they are being used here. Some examples (but you are not limited to these)
include:
Developing a product, toy,
place, car, or web site for a child, older person, or someone with a
neurological problem, designing a building for a movie, restaurant, plays,
gambling, etc., use in a courtroom (why people see different things), going
into space, designing an amusement park ride or movie, any sporting activity,
human factors, etc.