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AP Psych Unit 3 Flashcards

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psychophysics

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the study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli

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Absolute Threshold

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The minimum stimulus energy needed to detect a particular stimulus

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Subliminal

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Below the absolute threshold for conscious awareness

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Weber’s Law

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different thresholds increase with magnitude of the stimulus

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Sensory (neural) adaption

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diminished sensitivity to stimuli as result of constant stimulation

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signal detection theory

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our thresholds vary constantly depending on emotions, distractions, motivations, expectations

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perceptual set

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mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

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context

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how we interpret stimuli depends on surrounds/situation

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light energy wavelength

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hue of color

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light energy amplitude

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intensity of color

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Cornea

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protects eye/bends light

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pupil

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small adjustable opening

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Iris

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colored muscles that dilates/constricts in response to light intensity

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Lense

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Light rays into an image on the fovea in the back of eyeball

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Retina

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blood vessel tissue on eyeballs inner surface

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Optic nerves

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ganglion cells axons twined together

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visual cortext

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occipital lobe

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feature detectors

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neurons in visual cortex that respond to specific features of a visual stimulus

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parallel processing

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brain can carry out multiple tasks simultaneously

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Stroop effect

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delay in perception when stimuli are “mistmatched”

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opponent process theory

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cones complete

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Gestalt

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german - early study of visual organization

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form perception

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figure and background

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similarity

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we group things that are similar

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proximity

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how close things are to each other

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continunity

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perceive continuous patters rather than separated ones

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closure

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fill in gaps to create a whole object

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binocular disparity

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brain uses both eyes to judge distance

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monocular cues

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we can judge depth in two dimension images like photos by using only one eye

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perceptual constancy

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enables us to see an object as unchanging

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color constancies

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familiar objects as having consistent color even if the color is different

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shape constancies

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we perceive familiar objects as unchanging in shape despite actual changing images they cast on our retinas

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ames room

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1934 room designed to manipulate our size constancy

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moon illusion

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moon seems larger on the horizon than they sky

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restored vision

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distinguish depth, motion, figure

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sound waves

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height, length and complexity of sound waves determines what we hear

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loudness

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height of sound wave determines volume

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pitch

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length of sound wave determines pitch

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frequency

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a mix of frequencies timbre (tone)

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place theory

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perception of pitch is associated with vibration of different portions of the cochlea

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frequency theory

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perception or pitch is associated with the frequency of which the entire basilar membrane vibrates

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mechanoreceptors

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sense pressure, texture, and vibrations

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thermoreceptors

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sense temperature

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nociceptors

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pain

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gate control theory

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spinal cord has a “gate” that either blocks pain signals from the small nerve fibers or allows them to pass the brain

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hypnosis

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social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, or behavior will occur

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social influence theory

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people may act the role of “good hypnotic subjects” influences by hypnotist/crowd

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divided consciousness theory

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controversial theory that hypnosis is a state of disassociation where you temporarily live in your subconscious

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taste

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a chemical sense

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sweet

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energy

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sour

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toxic acid

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salty

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sodium

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Umami

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savoriness

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bitter

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poisons

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olfacation

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chemical sense (smell)

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sensory interaction

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senses can influence each other

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embodied cognition

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an approach to cognition that has roots in motor behavior

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bottom up processing

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sensory receptors pick up signals for the brain to integrate and process

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top down processsing

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perceiving the world around us by drawing from what we already know in order to interpret new information

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perception

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brain organizes sensations

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transductions

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converting one form of energy into another that our brain can use

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young-helmholtz trichromatic (three-color) theory

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within your eye are tiny cells that can receive waves of light and translate them into blue, green or red

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kinesthesis

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how we coordinate movements without having to constantly watch our movements

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vestibular sense

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chambers in the ear that have hair-like receptors that send messages to the cerebellum to help us balance

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