Sensation and Perception

Directions for use Scroll through the presentation and enter the answers (which are really the questions) or the questions (which are really the answers). Enter in the categories on the main game board. As you play the game, click on the box of the dollar amount that the contestant calls. When they have given a question/answer, click on the categories button to return to the game board. I have not entered slides for answers to each question. Feel free to modify this template if you want to include the answers for each question. Keep track of which questions have already been picked by printing out the game board screen and checking off as you go. Continue until all clues are given. Click on the final jeopardy link to access the question/answer. Follow the onscreen instructions. Once the question/answer has been given to the students, click on the speaker picture to play the “think theme”. When finished, DO NOT save the game. This will overwrite the program with the scores and data you enter. You MAY save it as a different name, but keep this file untouched!

Random Examples The Eye The Ear Other senses Final Jeopardy 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

The immediate response in the brain caused by excitation of a sensory organ sensation categories A1

The minimum amount of physical energy necessary to produce a sensation Absolute threshold categories A2

The number of cycles completed by a sound wave in a given time Frequency theory categories A3

Images that can have more than one correct interpretation Ambiguous figures categories A4

A readiness to perceive in a certain way, induced by strong emotions Perceptual set categories A5

If, after bieng exposed to the smell of a scented candle for an extended period of time, you stopped noticing the smell, this has most likely taken palce Sensory adaptation categories B1

Daily Double If you become deaf due to overexposure to loud noises, you have this type of deafness Stimulation deafness categories B2

When you see something out of the corner of your eye, you are most likely using this type of visual receptor rods categories B3

A person’s health can improve after they are given a sugar pill due to the ____ ____. placebo categories B4

The fact that you can be surrounded by a group of people, but still able to focus on what one person is saying is due to Selective attention categories B5

The light sensitive layer of cells at the back of the eye retina categories C1

Depth cues that use both eyes are called _______ _____ _____ Depth cues that use both eyes are called _______ _____ _____. An example of this is _______. Binocular depth cues Convergence, retinal disparity, categories C2

The fovea contains only this type of visual receptor cones categories C3

The blind spot is where this leaves the eye The optic nerve categories C4

The theory of color vision that applies to the retina, that says there are three types of cones each most sensitive to either red, green or blue is called: The trichromatic theory categories C5

The type of deafness that a hearing aid can correct, caused by poor transfer of sounds from the eardrum to the inner ear Conduction deafness categories D1

Another name for the eardrum Tympanic membrane categories D2

The three auditory ossicles are Malleus, incus, stapes OR Hammer, anvil, stirrup categories D3

The snail shaped organ that makes up the inner ear is the cochlea categories D4

The theory that explains how sounds of up to about 4,000Hz reach the brain Frequency theory categories D5

This is the system associated with motion sickness vestibular categories E1

When objects move in the same direction we tend to group them as a unit due to… The law of common fate categories E2

Daily Double In addition to sweet, salt, sour and bitter, ______ may be a fifth taste quality. umami categories E3

The tendency to complete a figure so it has a consistent overall form is known as closure categories E4

All other things being equal, stimuli that are close together tend to be grouped together due to… The Law of proximity categories E5

Click here for the answer/question Final Jeopardy Perception Click here for the answer/question categories FJCategory

Final Jeopardy Answer/Question Putting together a puzzle you have never seen before is like _____ ____ processing. music categories

Final Jeopardy The correct response is… Bottom-up categories

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