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1
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Receptor cell

A

cell in sense organ that picks up stimuli

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2
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Adaptaion

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you get used to a certain level of stimulation

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3
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Absolute threshold

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minimum level stimuli must reach to be noticed

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4
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Difference threshold

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how much change is needed in a stimuli to be noticed

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5
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Subliminal perception

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Messages or events that occur beneath the absolute threshold can be felt, and it influences behavior/ideas

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6
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ESP

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extra sense some people claim to have

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7
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Clairvoyance

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ability to sense something far away

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8
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Telepathy

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ability to sense someone else’s thoughts

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9
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Precognition

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ability to sense something in the future

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10
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Psychokinesis

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ability to manipulate objects with mind

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11
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Cornea

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membrane over front of eye

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12
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Pupil

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in center of iris, lets light into eye

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13
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Iris

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colored part of eye

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14
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Lens

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inside pupil, focuses light into retina

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15
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Retina

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has receptor cells, picks up light

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16
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Fovea

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part of retina that is center of eyesight

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17
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Blind spot

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optic nerve connects here, so no receptor cells

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18
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Rods

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pick up light intensity

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19
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Cones

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pick up colors

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20
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Trichromat

A

all functional cones

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21
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Dichromat

A

yellow-blue or red-green colorblind

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22
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Monochromat

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no color

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23
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aques humor

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behind retina, provides oxygen to cornea and removes stuff from eye

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24
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liliary muscles

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around lens, push and pull to let eyes focus

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25
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uitreas humor

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jelly inside eye

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26
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how much more common is color blindness in men than women

27
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sensation

A

experience of sensory stimulation, awareness of stimuli

28
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perception

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process of creating meaningful patterns from sensory information

29
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Webber’s law

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principle that jnd for a sense is a constant fraction/proportion of the stimulation being judged

30
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pinna

A

outer part of ear

31
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external auditory canal

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funnel sound waves into ear

32
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tympanic membrane

33
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middle ear made of

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malleus, mas, stapes

34
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chochlea

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snail. fluid and hair follicles, transmits sound waves

35
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pitch

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sound tone

36
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amplitude

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wave magnitude

37
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overtones determine

38
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place theory

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brain determines pitch by where message is strongest in ear

39
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frequency theory

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frequency perceived by nerve impulses

40
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volley principle

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nerve cells firing in sequence

41
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olfactory epithelium

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in sinus cavity, receptor cells that smell

42
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anosmia

A

can’t smell

43
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tastes

A

salt, sweet, bitter, sour, umami

44
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papillae

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bumps on tongue, have taste buds

45
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kinesthetic senses do wht

A

position of limbs, control body movement

46
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vestibular senses do what

A

spatial awareness - forward/backward, up/down

47
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phermones detected by

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vomeronasal organ

48
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Krause bulbs

A

detect cold

49
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Ruffini corpuscle

A

detect heat

50
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Meissoner corpuscle

A

detect pressure

51
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phantom limb syndrome

A

sensation after amputation, > 2/3 of amputees

52
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perceptual constancy

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objects seen as unchanging during stimulation

53
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monocular

54
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linear perspective

A

distance and depth with one eye

55
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stereoscope vision

A

clear depth and distance, two eyes

56
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retinal disparity

A

combine both eyes’ images

57
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autokineic illusion

A

perceived motion from unmoving object

58
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phi phenomenon

A

lights flashing seen as moving

59
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stroboscopic omtion

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flashing makes a picture

60
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proximity

61
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similarity

62
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closure

63
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continuity

A

combination

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