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C3. P1 Flashcards

1
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What are the two divisions of forming sensory impressions?

A

Sensation and perception

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2
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What is sensation?

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Detection of sensory information and transferring that information to the nervous system

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3
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What is perception?

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The process of organizing sensory information integrating past information and giving meaning to the information

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4
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Where does perception ultimately occur?

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The brain

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5
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Can there be perception without sensation?

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Yes, visual hallucinations and phantom limb syndrome are ways to perceive without sensation

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Can the nervous system interact with the external world?

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No, it can only interact through sensation

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7
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What is the name for See?

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Vision

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8
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What is the name for Smell?

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Olfaction

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9
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What is the name for Hearing?

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Audition

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10
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What is the name for Taste?

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Gustation

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11
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What is the name for Touch?

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Somatosensation

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12
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What is the name for Temperature feeling?

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Thermoception

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13
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What is the name for Pain?

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Nociceptive

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14
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What is the name for Balance?

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Equilibrioception

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15
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What is the name for Vibrations?

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Mechanoreception

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16
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What is the name for Position?

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Proprioception

17
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What is transduction?

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The conversion of energy from one form to another

18
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How does the sensory system interact with the nervous system?

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Senses detect and respond to the world, convert it by communicating with sensory neurons, send the neural signal to the brain first going to the thalamus (except smell) and then are sent to the sensory cortex areas

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What is bottom up processing?

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Working with small, individual pieces of information to get to the larger pictures

20
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What is top down processing?

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You have an expectation based on past experience and you use it to organize the information you are working with

21
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When can top down processing be used?

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When we have memories of past experiences that can be reasonably applied to our present experience

22
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Is Sensation or Perception Bottom-Up?

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Sensation is more of a bottom-up process and perception is more of a top-down process

23
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Are the processes just implicit or explicit?

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Whether a process is top-down or bottom-up does not determine if it is explicit or implicit

24
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What is the downside to top-down processing?

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Humans are biased to interpret the world in a manner that conforms with their beliefs

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