PSY 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Melatonin, Aroma Compound, Change Blindness

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Kenneth Campbell

Document Summary

Brain interprets loudness form the number of activated hair cells. Loud sounds still loud to people hard of hearing just can"t pick up on softer sounds. Hermann von helmholtz"s place theory: links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea"s membrane is stimulated, doesn"t explain how we hear low-pitched sounds. Volley principle: neurons can alternate firing so they can achieve combined frequency above. Socio-cultural influences: we often feel pain more when others are in pain. Basic tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, sour, umami. Sensory interaction: the principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste. Embodied cognition: in psychological science, the influence of bodily sensations, gestures, and other states on cognitive preferences and judgments. Body position and movement: kinesthesis body position. The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts: vestibular sense--movement.