1. Transduction is the fundamental process in sensory reception. What is it? Why is it so important?
2. Using touch, hearing, vision, smell and taste, list the broad categories of sensory stimuli.
3. What is the relationship between "distal object" and "proximal stimulus"? How are they involved in "sensation" and "perception"? - and what's the difference between these anyway?
4. List three essential components of communication.
5. Female tree frogs are particularly sensitive to the species-typical frequencies in the calls of conspecific males. How is this achieved?
6. What are the main pros and cons of the advertisement calls used by the male tree frogs?
7. What are the three main parts of the ear, how does sound energy move through them, and what is their involvement in hearing?
8. Pitch is an important characteristic of sound. What is it and how is the ear adapted to enable perception of pitch?
9. How many synapses must the signal pass through from the sensory cells in the ear to the auditory cortex?
10. What are the two main kinds of sounds involved in speech and what is the difference between them (in terms of their production)?