AP Psychology WebQuest



AP Psychology WebQuest

THE OTHER SENSES

Using your research skills, answer the following questions. Answer all questions on your own paper.

Complete the Psych Sim 5 activity for ‘The Auditory System’:



Questions found using the link below (you can copy and paste the questions into this document or print it out and attach it):



Now, move on to the other senses:

Touch

1. What are the 4 skin senses?

Visit the website:

2. What is pain?

3. Describe the gate control theory.

Visit the sites: and read FOUR of the six studies. What conclusions can you about the findings?

4. What are some benefits of infant massage?

5. What are some possible benefits of the development of “robot skin”?

Taste

Visit the website:

6. Where does the sense of taste reside? (Read carefully!)

7. Name the five primary taste sensations:

Visit the website:

8. What is a supertaster?

9. Summarize the sense of taste.

Smell

Visit the website:

10. How is smell related to tasting things other than the sweet, salty, bitter, and sour?

11. Whose sense of smell is more finely tuned, male or female?

12. Why can anosmics still sense menthol?

Read the article at

13. React to the statement, “a computerized device that samples scents -- recognizes the unique flavors of different kinds of cheese”.

Vestibular Senses

Using your research skills, copy the website address where you found the information:

14. Describe kinesthesis and vestibular sense.

15. What structure in your ears help to maintain a sense of equilibrium?

Read the article at

16. What are some ways that people with vestibular dysfunctions can be treated or diagnosed?

Copy and paste the link below into your browser to review Gestalt Principles:



Next, review the following sights by copying and pasting the link below into your browser and answer the questions below:



1. Which gestalt principle(s) is being used? ____________________

How can you tell?_______________________________________

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2. Which gestalt principle(s) is being used? ____________________

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3. Which gestalt principle(s) is being used? ____________________

How can you tell?_______________________________________

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4. Which gestalt principle(s) is being used? ____________________

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5. Which gestalt principle(s) is being used? ____________________

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