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Chapter 4 Sensation & Perception Flashcards

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Sensation

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Stimulation of sense organ

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Perception

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Organization, identification and interpretation of sensation

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Transduction

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Conversion of physical signals from the environment into encoded neural signals sent to the central nervous system

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Psychophysics

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Methods that measure the strength of a stimulus and the observer’s sensitivity to that stimulus

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Absolute Threshold

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Minimal intensity needed to just barely detect a stimulus in 50% of the trials

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Just Noticeable Difference

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Minimal change in a stimulus that can just barely be detected

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Weber’s Law

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JND of a stimulus is a constant proportion despite variations in intensity

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Signal Detection Theory

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The response to a stimulus depends on both a person’s sensitivity in the presence of noise and on a person’s decision criterion

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Perceptual Sensitivity

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How effectively the perceptual system represents sensory events

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Sensory Adaptation

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Sensitivity to prolonged stimulation tends to decline over time as an organism adapts to current conditions

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Visual Acuity

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Ability to see fine detail

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Length of Light

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Determines hue or colour

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Amplitude of Light Wave

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Determines brightness

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Purity

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Determines saturation

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Retina

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Light-sensitive tissue lining the back

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Accommodation

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

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Cones

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Detect colour, operate under normal daylight condiitons

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Rods

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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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Location in the visual field that produces no sensation on the retina

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Colour Deficiency

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One of the cone types is missing

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Colour Opponent System

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Pairs of visual neurons work in opposition

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Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

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Located in the thalamus which receives the inputs

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Ventral Stream

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What

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Dorsal Stream

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Where

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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

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Illusory Conjunction

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Perceptual mistake where features from multiple objects are incorrectly combined

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Feature Integration Theory

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Focused attention is not required to detect the individual features that comprise a stimulus, but is required to bind those individual features together

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Perceptual Constancy

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Even as aspects of sensory signals change, perception remains consistent

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Principles of Perceptual Organization

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Simplicity
Closure
Continuity
Similarity
Proximity
Common Fate
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Image-based Object Recognition

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Object is stored in memory as a template

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Parts-based Object Recognition

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Object is stored in geons

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Apparent Motion

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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 of a scene

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Inattentional Blindness

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Failure to perceive objects that are not the focus of attention

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Pitch

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How high or low a sound is

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Loudess

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A sound’s intensity

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Timber

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Sound quality or resonance

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Outer Ear

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Auditory canal, eardrum

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Middle Ear

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Ossicles (hammer, anvil and stirrup)

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Inner Ear

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Cochlea, basilar membrane with tiny hair cells

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Place Code

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Different frequencies stimulate signals at specific places along the basilar membrane

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Temporal Code

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Registers low frequencies via the firing rate of action potentials

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Haptic Perception

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Active exploration of the environment by touching and grasping objects with our hands

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A-delta Fibers

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Transmit the initial sharp pain one might feel

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C Fibers

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Transmit longer-lasting, duller pain

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Referred Pain

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Sensory information from internal and external areas converges

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Gate-Control Theory of Pain

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Signals can be stopped by interneurons in the spinal cord

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Vestibular System

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

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