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AOS1 Sensation and perception Flashcards

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what is perception

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Perception is the way we interpret these sensations and therefore we make sense of everything around us.

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list the 3 stages of sensation

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reception -> transduction -> transmission

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list the 3 stages of perception

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selection -> organisation -> interpretation

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what is reception?

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reception is the process in which our sense organs receive information from our environment.

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what is sensation?

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sensation is the processing and sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound and smell. this information is then sent to our brains.

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what is transduction?

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Transduction is the process of converting sensory data into a new form which is sent along the neural pathways to the brain.

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what is transmission?

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Transmission is the process of sending electrochemical messages to the brain.

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what is selection?

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Selection is the process of focusing on certain sensory stimuli

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what is interpretation?

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Interpretation- the process of understanding and assigning meaning to sensory information.

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what is organisation?

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our brain organises information into meaningful groups

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what is the process of sensation through to perception?

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reception, transduction, transmission, selection, organisation and interpretation

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what is reception in vision?

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reception in vision is the eye receiving incoming light and focusing it onto the retina

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what is transduction in vision?

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Transduction is the conversion of electromagnetic light energy into electro chemical energy.

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what is transmission in vision?

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Transmission occurs along the optic nerve, sending information from the retina to the brain. (occipital lobe)

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what is selection in vision?

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Selection is choosing visual stimuli that are important.

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what is organisation in vision?

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The primary visula cortex analyses incoming messages

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what is interpretation in vision?

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interpretation- The brain recognises the object/ person as familiar.

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what is reception in taste?

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chemicals are dissolved in the saliva and the sensation is received by taste buds

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what is transduction in taste?

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The chemical energy is converted by
the receptors on the taste buds into
electrochemical nerve impulses.

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what is transmission in taste?

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the signal is sent to the brain (gustatory cortex in the parietal lobe)

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what is the function of the retina?

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A layer of light sensitive cells that detects images caught by the lens and the cornea.

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what is the receptor for vision?

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photo receptor cells or the rods and cones

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what is the receptor for taste?

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taste buds

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what is the function of the cornea?

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bends light that passes through, which is the first step in making an image.

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what is the function of the pupil?

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let’s light into the inner eye.

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what is the aqueous humour?

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keeps the corneas rounded shape.

27
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what is the function of the vitreous humour?

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gives the eyeball it’s shape.

28
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what is the function of the iris?

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A muscle that controls how much light enters the eye.

29
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what is the function of the lens?

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A flexible structure that changes shape to focus on close and distant objects. It is clear and makes an image on the retinas eye.

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what is the function of the sclera?

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The white outer that covers the eyeball. It is thick and tough.

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what is the function of the optic nerve?

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It is a bundle of nerve fibres. It takes information from the retina to the brain.

32
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what is the function of the rod cells?

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Responsible for detecting light and converting it into neurochemical messages.

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what is the function of the blindspot?

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the blindspot has no light sensitive cells. Its located where the optic nerve leaves the retina.

34
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what is the function of the fovea?

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The area on the retina that contains the highest concentration of cone cells

35
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what is the function of cone cells?

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Responsible for detecting light and transducing it into neurochemical messages.

36
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list the 5 gestalt principles

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camouflage, figure ground, closure, similarity and proximity

37
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what is camouflage?

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Camouflage –

blends into background

38
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what is similarity?

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group together to provide a ‘whole’ single unit

eg. Rows of triangles and circles rather than individual

39
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what is proximity?

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individual parts are close to each other we tend to

perceive them as ‘whole’

40
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what is figure ground?

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our tendency to see some figures as being at the front of an image, i.e. the ‘foreground’, and others as falling back into the ‘background

41
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what is binocular depth cues?

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visual information taken in by both eyes

42
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what is closure?

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when we perceive an object as whole

despite it being incomplete

43
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what is depth perception?

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the ability to accurately judge space and distance using cues and the environment

44
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what is monocular depth cues?

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visual information taken in by one eye

45
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what is a gestalt principle?

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gestalt principle are when we group together objects to help them make sense to us

46
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what are two binocular depth cues?

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Binocular depth cues are retinal disparity and convergence.

47
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what is retinal disparity?

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Retinal disparity is the difference between the images received by either eye. The closer the object is the greater the disparity (difference).

48
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what is convergence?

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Convergence is when we view things up close, our eyes turn inwards and our eye muscles strain. the strain sends signals to the brain that something is close.

49
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what is one monocular depth cue?

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a monocular depth cue is accommodation. Accommodation involves our eye muscles bulging and flattening according to how far away an object is. for a close up object our eye muscles bulge, and for an object in the distance they flatten.

50
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list the 5 pictorial depth cues

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linear perspective, interposition, texture gradient, relative size, height in the visual field

51
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what is linear perspective?

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2 objects seem closer together as the distance from them increases.

52
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what is interposition?

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Overlapping objects making one look further away than the other.

53
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what is texture gradient?

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We can see more details in the items that appear closer to us, and it fades as it gets further away.

54
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what is relative size?

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Objects that seem closer are bigger.

55
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what is height in the visual field?

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The objects that seem bigger are further away from the horizon.

56
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what are the two perceptual constancies?

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size and shape constancy

57
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what is size constancy?

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Refers to the fact that we maintain a constant perception of an objects size even if the object moves nearer or farther away.

58
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what is shape constancy?

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Refers to the fact that we can interpret and understand what an object is when viewed from any angle

59
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what is the muller-lyer illusion?

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two lines appear different lengths but are actually the same lengths. There is no single explanation of the illusion that is satisfactory.

60
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what is the Ames room illusion?

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The ames room illusion is , it makes a person look like they are growing larger. The room is a trapezone shape. We maintain shape constancy over size constancy. It has sloping floors and ceiling. We are only using minocular depth cues.

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what is perceptual set?

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Your perceptual set is your mental tendency to perceive one thing but not another.

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