Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Sensation
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the process through which the senses pick up visual, auditory, and other sensory stimuli and transmit them to the brain
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Perception
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the process by which the brain actively organizes and interprets sensory information
3
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Just noticeable difference(JND)
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the smallest change in sensation that a person is able to detect 50% of the time
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Weber’s Law
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the jnd for all senses depends on a proportion or percentage of stimulus change rather than a fixed amount of change
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Sensory receptors
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highly specialized cells in the sense organs that detect and respond to one type of sensory stimuli and transduce(convert) the stimuli into neural impulses
