Psych PASS 5 Crossword

4. The conversion of energy into internal signals that are psychologically meaningful.
6. Humans are thought to have only five sense, being sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. This is false, two others that humans possess are the kinesthetic system and the _____ system.
7. The three dimensions of colour: Hue, saturation , and _____.
10. Sensory _____ is the tendency of sensory receptors to respond less to stimuli that continue without change.
13. The study of how physical stimuli are translated into psychological experience.
16. Pain messages are transmitted to the brain via two types of pathways that pass through different areas in the _____.
17. Acoustic energy has three important properties: frequency, ____, and Amplitude.
19. Each system requires a minimum amount of energy to activate the system.
20. Perception is inherently ______.
22. - translates outside information into neural activity.
23. 5-6.4 million of these are contained in the retina.

1. the receptors for smell are olfactory _____.
2. Its generally agreed that there are four primary tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. However, scientists are increasingly recognizing a fifth taste called _____.
3. The smallest difference in stimulus intensity that a specific sense can detect.
5. _____ theory. Colour is explained by differential activation of three colour receptors in the eye red, green, and blue.
8. The disc shaped elastic structure of the eye that focuses light.
9. Sound waves grow weaker and travel at a ____ speed over a distance.
11. Lightwaves vary in _____, or their height, and in wave length, or the distance between the peaks.
12. Sensory _____ each respond to particular forms of energy, or information.
13. - the process by which the brain organizes and interprets sensations.
14. Refers to the amount of whiteness in colour.
15. Produced by vibrations in the air.
18. Uses rods and cones.
21. A fluid filled, coiled tunnel that contains the receptors for hearing.