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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception Flashcards

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synesthesia

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the perceptual experience of one sense that is evoked by another sense

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sensation

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simple stimulation of a sense

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perception

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the organization, identification and interpretation of a sensation in order to form a mental representation

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transduction

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what takes place when many sensors in the body convert physical signals from the environment into encoded neural signals sent to the CNS

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psychophysics

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methods that measure the strength of a stimulus and te observer;s sensitivity to that stimulus

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absolute threshold

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the minimal intensity needed to just barely detect a stimulus

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just noticeable difference (JND)

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the minimal change in a stimulus that can just barely be detected

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Weber’s Law

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the just noticeable difference of a stimulus is a constant proportion despite variation in intensity

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signal detection theory

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an observation that the response to a stimulus depend both on a person’s sensitivity to the stimulus in the presence of noise and on a person’s response criterion

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sensory adaptation

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sensitivity to prolonged stimulation tends to decline over time as an program adapts to current conditions

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visual acuity

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ability to see fine detail

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retina

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light-sensitive tissue lining the back of the eyeball

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accommodation

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the process by which the eye maintains a clear image on the retina

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cones

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photoreceptors that detect color, operate under normal daylight conditions, and allow us to focus on fine detail

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rods

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photoreceptors that become active under low-light conditions for night vision

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fovea

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an area of the retina where vision is the clearest and there are no rods at all

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blind spot

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a location in the visual field that produces no sensation on the retina because the corresponding are of the retina contains neither rods nor cones and therefore has no mechanism to sense light

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receptive field

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the region of the sensory surface that when stimulated, causes a change in the firing rate of te neuron

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trichromatic color representation

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the pattern of responding across the three types of cones that provides a unique code for each color

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color-opponent system

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pairs of visual neurons that work in opposition

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area V1

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the part of the occipital lobe that contains the primary visual cortex

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visual-form agnosia

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the inability to recognize objects by sight

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binding problem

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how features are linked together so that we see unified objects in our visual world rather than free-floating or miscombined features

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illusory conjunction

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a perceptual mistake where features from multiple objects are incorrectly combined

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feature integration theory

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the idea that focused attention is not required to detect the individual feature that comprise a stimulus but is required to bind those individual feature together

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perceptual constancy

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a perceptual principle string that even as aspects of sensory signals change, perception remains consistent

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template

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a mental representation that can be directly compared to a viewed shoe in the retinal image

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monocular depth cues

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aspects of a scene that yield information about depth when viewed with only one eye

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binocular depth cues

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the difference in the retinal images of te two eyes that provides information about depth

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binocular disparity

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the difference in the retinal images of the two eyes that provides information about depth

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apparent motion

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the perception of movement as a result of alternating signals appearing in rapid succession in different locations

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change blindness

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when people fail to detect changes to the visual details a scene

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inattentional blindness

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a failure to perceive objects that are not the focus attention

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pitch

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how high or low a sound is

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loudness

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a sounds intensity

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timbre

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a listener’s experience of sound quality of resonance

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cochlea

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a fluid-filled tube that is the organ

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basilar membrane

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a structure in the inner ear that undulates when vibrations from the ossicles reach the cochlear fluid

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hair cells

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specialized auditory receptor neurons embedded in the basilar membrane

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area A1

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a portion of the temporal lobe that contains the primary auditory cortex

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place code

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the cochlea encodes different frequencies oat different locations along the basilar membrane

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temporal code

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the cochlea registers low frequencies via the firing rate of action potentials entering the auditory nerve

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haptic perception

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the active expiration of the environment by toughing and grasping objects with our hands

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referred pain

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feeling of pain when sensory information from internal and external areas converges on te same nerve cells in the spinal cord

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gate-control theory

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a theory of pain perception based on the idea that signals arriving from pain receptors in the body can be stopped or gated by interneurons in the spinal cord via feedback from two directions

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vestibular system

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the three fluid-filled semicircular canals and adjacent organs located next to the cochlea in each inner ear

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olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs)

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receptor cells that initiate the sense of smell

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olfactory bulb

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a brain structure located above the nasal cavity beneath the frontal lobes

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pheromones

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biochemical odorants emitted by other members of its species that can affect an animals behavior or physiology

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taste buds

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organ of taste transduction

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