2.Draw
a spectrogram and label and define ALL of the parts. What are the first
and second formats related to?
3.What
is the motor theory of speech perception and the data for this? What is
the data that suggests speech is special? What is the theory against this
model (what do they think speech is)? How do they use music to support
their theories?
4.How
do we use higher order processing (cognitive dimensions of speech perception
or top down processing) in order to understand speech? Give examples.
5.Draw
a picture of the skin and label its parts. What are the 4 encapsulated
endings for touch and how do they work (what do they respond to, etc.)?
6.What
are the 2 pathways to the brain for the cutaneous
senses and how do they differ? How do our absolute and difference thresholds
change over the skin and why might you see these differences (at skin and
brain level and passive vs. active touch)? NOTE: In this question, you
do not need to go into the kinethesis receptors
to answer the passive/active touch part of the question.
7.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)?
8.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?
9.How
are we able to keep our sense of balance through the kinesthetic and 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.
10.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?
11.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?
12.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.
13.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?
14.How
are we able to perceive taste (discuss chemical differences, theories of
coding, etc.)?
15.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?
BONUS QUESTION – worth
up to 10 points.
This question MUST
be completed and turned in in class on Monday, July 25. 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. The example must be different
than an example given in class. 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.