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chapter 5 Flashcards

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Sensory receptor cells

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specialized cells to convert (sensory transduction) specific stimuli into neural impulses

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Sensation

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the act of using our sensory systems to detect physical energy in our environments and convert it to neural (electrical) signals

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Transduction

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transformation of physical energy into electrical signals

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Psychophysics

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the study of physical stimuli effects on sensory perceptions and mental states or the measurement of sensory experience

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Gustave Fechner - Psychophysics

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studied the strength of a stimulus and a person’s ability to detect it

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Signal detection analysis

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techniques to determine the ability to separate from true signals from background noise

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Response bias:

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behavioral bias to respond yes

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Sensitivity

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true ability to detect presence or absence of signal

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Absolute threshold

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the minimum stimulus needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time

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psychological factors that signal detection depends on?

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expectations, experience, motivation, and fatigue

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Weber’s law

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JND is constant proportion of original intensity

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Perception

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the conscious recognition and identification of a
sensory stimulus

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13
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Bottom-up processing

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Sensory information from environment driving the process of understanding

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Top-down processing

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Knowledge and expectancy driving the process of understanding

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Sensory adaptation

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a process whereby repeated stimulation of a sensory cell leads to a reduced response

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wavelength

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the length of a wave from one peak to the next - determines frequency

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amplitude

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the height from the troughs to crest - strength/energy

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Timbre

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a sounds purity and is affected by frequency, amplitude, and timing

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cornea

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transparent covering over the eye, focuses light

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pupil

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opening in the eye through which lights passes through

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iris

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coloured portion of the eye, a muscle that controls pupil size

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lens

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curved, transparent, and provides additional focus

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retina

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light sensitive lining of the eye

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what part of the eye contains all receptor cells?

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retina/fovea

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cones (parts of the eye)

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used for central and colour vision, fovea is all cones

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rods (parts of the eye)

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used for periphery and night vision, more rods than cones, more responsive to dark and light

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what do rods and cones do? (anatomy of the eye)

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transduce light waves into neural impulses

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optic chasm

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an x shaped structure, the point where the optic nerve from each eye met

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29
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thalamus

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sensory relay sensor

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30
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lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN)

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a cluster of neurons in the thalamus

31
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where is visual information processed?

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parallel pathways

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trichromatic theory

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three different receptors for colour each responding to different wavelengths of light (only blue, red, green)

33
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opponent process theory

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colour pairs work to inhibit one another
-green-red; blue-yellow; and black-white
-one dyad is excited and the other is inhibited

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afterimage

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continuation of sensation once stimuli is removed

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color blindness

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fail to see the same range of colours

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monochromatic

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only see white, black, and grey

37
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depth perception

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perception of spatial relations in 3D space

38
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binocular cues

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cues that rely on both eye

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monocular cues

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cues that rely on one eye

40
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Binocular Disparity

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slightly different stimuli recorded by the
retina of each eye, provides us with a binocular cue of dept

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interposition

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when one object blocks another, we perceive the blocked object as further away

42
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auditory cortex (temporal lobe)

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organized in a tonotopic map - different frequencies are projected to specific sites

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temporal theory

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different frequencies are converted into different rates of action potentials. High frequency sounds
produce more rapid firing (phase lock)

44
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place theory

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different frequencies activate different regions of
the basilar membrane. The brain equates the place activity occurred on the basilar membrane with a particular frequency (place coding)

45
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Monaural (one-eared)

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sound’s source relative to body position

46
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Binaural (two-eared)

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relies on a horizontal axis by delivering
different patterns of vibration between the eardrums in each ear

47
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deafness

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loss of hearing either partial or complete

48
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congenital deafness

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born without hearing

49
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conductive hearing loss

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problem delivering sound to cochlea
- temporary or permanent
-treated with hearing aid

50
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Interaural level difference

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sound on the right side of
the body is heard more intensely by the right ear

51
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Interaural timing difference

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small differences in time
at which a sound arrives at each ear

52
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Sensorineural hearing loss

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Transmission failure from cochlea to
brain

53
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Ménière’s disease

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degeneration of inner ear structures
– Tinnitus (ringing); vertigo (sense of spinning), increased ear pressure

54
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solution for

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Require cochlear implant to directly stimulate auditory nerve

55
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linear perspective

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parallel lines appear to converge at a distance

56
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aerial perspective

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objects that appear hazy, or that are covered with smog or dust, appear further away

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papillae

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bumps that cover the surface of the tongue

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taste bud

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clusters of sensory receptor cells that bind the food molecules that dissolve in our saliva and turn this information into a neural impulse

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odorants

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airborne chemicals that are detected as odors

60
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olfactory receptor neurons

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the receptor cells bind odorant molecules into a neural impulse and send that impulse to the brain

61
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pheromones

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chemical messages - often to signal

62
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inflammatory pain

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pain signaling tissue damage

63
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neuropathic pain

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exaggerating signal of damage to neurons in the PNS or CNS

64
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Congenital analgesia

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born without the ability to perceive pain

65
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vestibular

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ability to maintain balance and body posture

66
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pain perception

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development & individual differences

67
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kinsynthetic

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receptor cells in your muscles tell the brain when you are moving and where your body parts are

68
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figure-ground

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the main object or background

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similarity

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stimuli resembling one another tend to be grouped together

70
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proximity

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visual stimuli near to one another tend to be grouped together

71
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continuity

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objects that continue a pattern or are grouped together

72
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closure

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we tend to fill in small gaps so they are perceived as wholes

73
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pattern perception

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ability to discriminate different figures and shapes

74
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perceptual hypotheses

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educated guesses that we make while interpreting sensory information

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