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Question 1

sensation

Answer 1

detection of physical energy by our sense organs

Question 2

perception

Answer 2

brains interpretation of raw sensory data

Question 3

psychophysics

Answer 3

how we perceive sensory stimuli based on physical characteristics

Question 4

absolute threshold

Answer 4

lowest level of a stimulus we can detect

Question 5

just noticeable difference

Answer 5

smallest CHANGE of a stimulus we can detect

Question 6

signal detection theory

Answer 6

how we detect stimuli under uncertain conditions

Question 7

Synesthesia

Answer 7

when one sense is accompanied by another (ex: smell or color associated with numbers)

Question 8

how selective attention/inattentional and change blindness contribute to attention problems

Answer 8

your focusing your attention elsewhere rather than where it needs to be to succeed

Question 9

function of the pupil

Answer 9

controls the amount of light that goes into the eye

Question 10

function of rods

Answer 10

enable us to see basic shapes and forms

Question 11

function of cones

Answer 11

allows us to see in color, sensitive to detail, require more light than rods

Question 12

what is the optic nerve

Answer 12

nerves that transmit impulses to the brain from the retina

Question 13

trichomatic theory

Answer 13

color vision based on green blue and red

Question 14

opponent process theory

Answer 14

color vision based on complimentary, opposing colors (red vs. green)

Question 15

color blindness

Answer 15

something wrong with the cones. red green (most common) blue green, and red green.