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Chapter 3 Sensation & Perception Flashcards

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1
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What is Sensation?

A

Process of detecting a physical stimulus

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What is Perception?

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Process of integrating, organizing, & interpreting sensation

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Sensation uses what part of the nervous system?

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Peripheral Nervous System

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Perception uses what part of the nervous system?

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Central Nervous System

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What are sensory receptors?

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Specialized cells unique to each sense organ

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What does Transduction do?

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The process of converting energy

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What is the Absolute Threshold?

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How much of a threshold in order to have a response

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What is the Difference Threshold?

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A noticeable difference

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Weber’s Law states…

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In order to detect a significant signal there needs to be a a change

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What does the Pupil do?

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lets in different amount of light

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What does the Lens do?

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Actively focuses or bends light as it enters the eye

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What does Accommodation do?

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changes shape to focus incoming light

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Whats the difference between Constrict and Dilate?

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Constrict makes the pupil small, Dilate makes the pupil big

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What does the Optical Nerve do?

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Responsible for sight

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15
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Rods are responsible for…

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Shapes

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16
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Cones are responsible for…

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Colors

17
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Rods and Cones are what kind of cells?

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Sensory Cells

18
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Synesthesia

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2 sense perceived at the same time

19
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Hyper-connectivity

A

Too much stimulation

20
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How do we interpret vision?

A

Through the Occipital Lobe

21
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What are the 2 most common forms of color blindness?

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Red & Green
Blue & Green

22
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Is color blindness more common in men or women?

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Men

23
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What are the 6 Sound Waves?

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  1. Loudness
  2. Amplitude
  3. Decibel
  4. Pitch
  5. Frequency
  6. Timbre
24
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What are the 5 Pathways of Sound?

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  1. Outer ear
  2. Eardrum
  3. Middle Ear
  4. Inner Ear
  5. Cochlea
25
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What is the Cochlea responsible for?

A

Section 8 of the brain responsible for hearing

26
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Pitch is related to what?

A

Frequency

27
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What are the new 6 senses

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  1. Olfaction
  2. Gustation
  3. Touch & Temperature
  4. Pain
    5.Proprioception
  5. Vestibular Sense
28
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What do different parts of the tongue do?

A

Taste different things

29
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Skin is the largest what?

A

Organ on the body

30
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What are Nociceptors?

A

Responsible for pain

31
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Proprioception

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Sensory receptors

32
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Vestibular

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Sense of balance

33
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Gestalt or (SALT Theory)

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Who is that person as a whole

34
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Vision is also responsible for what?

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Perception

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