4. Sensation And Perception Flashcards
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What are the two types of sensation and what are in those two categories?
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Energy Senses- vision, touch, etc
Chemical senses- taste, smell
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What is transduction
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Signals are transformed into neural impulses
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Q
Where are cones most densely located?
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Fovea
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Trichromatic theory?
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3 types of cones: blue red and green
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Opponent-process theory
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Receptors go in pairs: red/green, yellow/blue, black/white
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Q
Which color vision theory explains color blindness?
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Opponent-process
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The two theories for how we hear pitch
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Place theory and frequency theory
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Q
Gate control theory explains
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How we experience pain
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Vestibular sense vs kinetic sense
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Vestibular: how our body is oriented in space
Kinesthetic: orientation of specific body parts
