Touch, Taste, Smell & Balance

Psych 1 Name: ______

Touch, Taste, Smell & Balance

Touch:

Have Student B close their eyes. Student A, take the hairpin and slide your finger up the hairpin to separate the prongs. You will gently press the hairpin against the person’s tip of nose, neck, shoulder, elbow crease, cheek and tip of their index finger. The job of Student B is to tell you how many prongs you are touching them with, 1 or 2. It is up to Student A if you want to touch them with 1 or both prongs. Record the accuracy of Student B.

Location on Body / Were they Correct?
Tip of Nose
Neck
Shoulder
Elbow Crease
Cheek
Back of Hand
Fingertip

Hypothesize which body parts you think will be the most sensitive.

Based on the information you collected, what parts of the body do you think are the most sensitive (which were accurate)?

Can you tickle yourself?

Taste:

Why does spicy clear your sinuses?

In order to taste, we must be able to ______.

Sensory Interaction:

Smell:

Where does information go if it’s not the thalamus?

Sensory Adaption:

What is your favorite smell? ______What memory does it bring back to you? ______

Kinesthetic Sense: Vestibular Sense:

Why do we feel pain? When do we feel pain? What type of pain do we feel?

Sensation of pain depends on 4 things:

1. ______

2.______

3. ______

4. ______

Review

1. Art sat in one position so long that his leg fell asleep and he had trouble standing on it. Art’s leg was no longer sending ______messages to his brain.

a. vestibular b. kinesthetic c. auditory d. electromagnetic

2. Jon had an ear infection and felt very dizzy when he stood up. Jon’s doctor told him that his hearing would not be impaired, but while he had the infection his ______would be very sensitive.

a. semicircular canals b. thalamus c. olfactory bulb

3. The ______of a light wave determines a light’s color; the ______of a light wave determines its brightness.

4. The retina contains two types of receptor cells. ______detect only black, white and shades of grey, but they help us see at night. ______detect color and fine details, but they require bright light to function properly.

5. ______is when constant stimulation will decrease responsiveness.

6. Opponent process color theory states that the thalamus processes cones in three pairs; ______, ______and ______.

7. The woman with prosopagnosia lacked ______processing because although she would identify features of a face, she could not recognize who the face belonged to.