Across
- 4. perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal images change (2)
- 7. process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
- 8. the perception that we control our own fate (2)
- 9. learning that certain events occur together (2)
- 11. the distance from the peak of one light or sound wave to the peak of the next
- 13. any event or situation that evokes a response
- 15. decreasing responsiveness with repeated exposure to a stimulus
- 16. processing guided by perception and then interpreting sensation (2)
- 17. the influence of bodily sensations on cognitive preferences and judgements (2)
- 18. chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing the ossicles where vibrations transfer (2)
- 19. the dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light
- 20. the amount of energy in a light wave or sound wave which influences what we perceive as brightness or loudness determined by amplitude
- 24. behavior that operates on the environment producing consequences (2)
- 27. a mental representation of the layout of one’s environment (2)
- 28. a device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea (2)
- 30. the theory that the retina contains three different types of color receptors which when stimulated in combination can produce the perception of color
- 31. principle that one sense may influence another (2)
- 33. innermost part of the ear containing the cochlea (2)
- 34. view that psychology should be an objective science of observable behavior
Down
- 1. the process of receiving and representing stimulus energies from our environment
- 2. learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it (2)
- 3. the theory that opposing retinal processes enable color vision (2)
- 5. perceiving objects as having consistent color even if light changes
- 6. the diminishing of a conditioned response
- 10. behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus (2)
- 12. processing beginning with the sensory receptors and works up to the perception (2)
- 14. theory that says the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve tell the tone (2)
- 21. the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate (2)
- 22. the reappearance after a pause of an extinguished conditioned response (2)
- 23. the process of acquiring through experience new and relatively enduring information or behaviors
- 25. theory that links the pitch we hear with the place in the cochlea that it stimulates (2)
- 26. bony fluid filled tube in the inner ear that transduces sound waves to neural impulses
- 29. a sudden realization of a problem’s solution
- 32. the acquisition of mental information (2)