Record important information within your Psychology composition and complete activities to reinforce your learning.
ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD FOR THE FIVE SENSES ARE: (Write this in your notebook)
Open the following link on Absolute Threshold http://www.garyfisk.com/anim/threshold.swf
SIGHT: Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/sight/sight.html and answer the following questions about sight.
Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/J002330/ and identify the type of eye aliments for:
SMELL: Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/sight/sight.html and answer the following question about smell.
Open the following link http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/smelltaste/pages/smell.aspx
HEARING: Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/sight/sight.html and answer the following question about hearing.
TOUCH: Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/touch/touch.html and answer the following question about touch.
TASTE: Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/touch/touch.html and answer the following questions.
ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD FOR THE FIVE SENSES ARE: (Write this in your notebook)
- Sight – A candle flame seen at 30 miles on a dark, clear night
- Hearing – The ticking of a watch under quiet conditions at 20 feet
- Taste – 1 teaspoon of sugar in 2 gallons of water
- Smell – 1 drop of perfume diffused in a three-room apartment
- Touch – The wing of a bee falling on your cheek from a distance of 1 centimeter
Open the following link on Absolute Threshold http://www.garyfisk.com/anim/threshold.swf
- What is Absolute threshold?
- What are the three words sandwich between the other words?
- How do researcher determine absolute threshold?
- What are the differences between a short and long experiment?
- Explain the graph.
- What is stimulus below absolute threshold?
- What is stimulus above absolute threshold?
SIGHT: Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/sight/sight.html and answer the following questions about sight.
- What causes the iris to shrink and expand?
- List all the forms of protection for the eyes.
- Complete at least one of the exercises in Perception, Tracking, Focusing, and Eye Training and write a reflection on how each of the exercises would improve your vision.
Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/J002330/ and identify the type of eye aliments for:
- Common Diseases: Lazy Eye, Conjunctivitis, Retinal Detachment, Floaters, Glaucoma and Cataracts
- Abnormalities: Colorblindness, General Eye Problems, Nearsightedness, Farsightedness, Astigmatism
- What is Laser Eye Surgery?
SMELL: Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/sight/sight.html and answer the following question about smell.
- What are odor particles?
- Our sense of smell is connected to what?
- List the seven primary odors that humans have.
- How many different smells can you detect if your smell is functioning at its best?
Open the following link http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/smelltaste/pages/smell.aspx
- Identify what Hyposmia, and Anosmics.
- list five causes smell disorders.
HEARING: Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/sight/sight.html and answer the following question about hearing.
- What are the two purposes of your ears?
- What are cilia?
- How many receptors are in auditory nerve?
- How do we keep balance?
- What is decibel?
- Provide the decibel for the following: Whisper, Car Traffic, Rock Concert, Jet Engine, and Gun Shot.
- What causes a baby to get an ear infection?
- What animal has a better hearing than humans and how much better can they hear over humans?
- What causes an earache?
- What are the following disorders? Ototoxicity, Otosclerosis, Conduction Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Waardenburg Syndrome
TOUCH: Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/touch/touch.html and answer the following question about touch.
- Why are pain receptors the most important?
- Why does biting your tongue hurt so much?
- Which type of nerve ending do humans have more of?
- Where are the least and most sensitive are areas of your body?
- Who invented Braille?
- Write your full name is Braille.
- What is “congenital insensitivity to pain”?
- Which of the Painful Stimuli have you, family, or friend experienced? What happened and Be Specific.
- Draw the diagram of the Gate Pain Theory and explain the theory.
TASTE: Open the following link http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/touch/touch.html and answer the following questions.
- Beside your tongue where else are taste buds located?
- What is the purpose of saliva?
- How do your taste buds change over time?
- What if you could not taste anything?
- Who has more taste buds? Boys or Girls
- What is Umami?
- Open the link called criticized for several reasons and explain the reason for the criticism.
- How long do taste bud last?
- What are the following disorders for taste? Ageusia, hypogeusia, and hypergeusia.
- Why do older people have diminished sense of taste?