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1
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transduction

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the process by which sensory stimuli are converted to neural signals the brain can interpret

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transduction in electromagnetic

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light is converted from electromagnetic energy to energy in the form of action potential (neural impulses)

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what is a subjective process, sensation or perception

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preception

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sensation

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the stimulation of sense organs
involves the absorption of energy (light sound waves) by sensory organs (eyes and ears)

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perception

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the selection, organization and interpretation of sensory information
- involves the translation of sensory information into something meaningful

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what physical property matches with the hue of a colour

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wavelength/frequency

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what related preception of colour matches with amplitude

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brightness

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what related perception matches with purity

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saturation

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timbre

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purity of sound. A pure tone that has only one frequency and one amplitude
what sets apart sound of a piano from sound of flute

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what physical property of sound relates to the perception of pitch

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wavelength/ frequency

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what related perception does amplitude match with

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loudness

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what physical property matches with timbre

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purity

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blind spot

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the nerves that run from the retina to the brain converge at a spot this spot has no receptor cells
- any image that falls on this spot cannot be seen
- each eye has a blind spot, but you are not aware of the spot because each eye compensates for the blind spot of the other

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the retina contains millions of ____ cells. they are where in the retina, what does this mean

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receptor
innermost layer
means only 10% of light arriving at the cornea reaches the receptor

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receptor cells are sensitive to

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light or photoreceptors

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do humans have more rods or cones, how many

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more rods
rods= 100-125 million
cones =5 to 6.4 million

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What are the two types of receptor cells. what classifies them

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rods and cones
- shape classifies them

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what is the fovea

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tiny spot in the center of retina that contains only cones

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the periphery of the retina is outnumbered by

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rods

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cones are responsible for

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colour vision
daylight vision
visual acuity

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rods are responsible for

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peripheral (area right outside of the fovea) vision
night vision

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how many light absorbing pigments do rods and cones have

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rods - have the same
cones- three different (which any one cone has one of )

four in total

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23
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where is visual information processed

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retina and brain

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in the retina, where is visual information processed

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in the receptive field of a ganglion cell
processes- perception of light/dark contrasts

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in the brain where it visual information isual information processed

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the visual cortex
- the thalamus, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, and temporal lobe
processes- perception of brightness, orientation, form (face body parts), colour motion depth)

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each ganglion cell has its ______ _______ when stimulated what is it responsible for seeing

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receptive field- light/dark contrast

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center-surround antagonism is a receptor field property on a ____ cell

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ganglion

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28
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The rate of firing a nerve impulse increases when

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light falls in the center of a receptive field

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29
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Feature of the receptive field

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Center excitatory; surrounding inhibitory

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30
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The rate of firing a nerve impulse decreases when

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light falls on the surrounding area.
In this figure, shading indicates the area stimulated with light. The largest response
occurs when the entire center (an excitatory area) is illuminated.

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thalamus processes

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perception of brightness

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32
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primary visual cortex in the occipital lobe controls the process of

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perception of orientation

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inferior temporal lobe processes

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perception of form and colour

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parietal lobe processes

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perception of motion and depth

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35
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explain the perception of orientation through the cat experiment

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A cat was shown a line in various orientation.
* A microelectrode was placed in the cat’s primary visual cortex.
Action potentials from individual neurons were recorded by an
oscilloscope.
* Findings: A vertical line elicited rapid firing rate; a horizontal line
elicited no response (firing rate was at baseline measure); a tilted line
elicited moderate firing rate
* Conclusion: Neurons are highly specialized; they respond to very
specific stimuli.

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36
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After visual
information is
processed in the
primary visual cortex,
it is sent to two other
cortical areas for
further processing. what are the two pathways

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dorsal stream
and the ventral stream

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ventral stream leads to the

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temporal lobe

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38
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the ventral stream processes the details of

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(including color & form) of “what” objects are
out there—the “what” pathway

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when the ventral stream is damaged the person suffered from

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agnosia

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explain the different types of agnosia

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visual-form agnosia (inability to
recognize visual forms or familiar objects), color agnosia (inability to
recognize colors), face agnosia (inability to recognize faces

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41
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D.F., a 35-year-old-woman, suffered extensive lesion in her occipital &
temporal lobes as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Her ventral
pathway was damaged. She experienced visual-form agnosia.

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D.F. was unable to copy objects with simple
contours.
* Interestingly, she could draw them from
memory. But when doing so, she did not
recognize what she was drawing.
* Although she could see grids of lines on a
screen, she could not tell whether they
were vertical or horizontal.
* She could not identify objects based on
their forms and shapes
* D.F. did not have an integrated visual
experience.
* Her visual world had no forms and shapes.

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the dorsal stream leads to

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the parietal lobe

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43
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the dorsal stream processes

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“where” the objects are and “how” to interact with these
objects—the “where” or “how” pathway

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44
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the dorsal stream is a _____ ___ _______ pathway

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vision for action pathway

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45
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when this pathway is damaged an individual cannot

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guide bodily movements based on visual information

46
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L.M., a woman suffered a lesion in her “how” pathway, was unable to pour
water into a cup why

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because the water appeared to be frozen in mid-air

47
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R.V., another patient with her “how” pathway damaged, had difficulty
picking up objects

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R.V., another patient with her “how” pathway damaged, had difficulty
picking up objects

48
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D.F., a 35-year-old-woman, suffered extensive lesion in her occipital &
temporal lobes as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Her ventral
pathway was damaged. She experienced visual-form agnosia.

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The performance of D.F. was similar to
that of the control subject (a healthy
individual).
* D.F. (with injury to the “what” pathway)
could not see the shape and form of the
object; but she could somehow choose
the stable grasping points.
* D.F.’s hand movements were guided by
the “how” pathway, which was intact in
her case.
* The “what” and “how” pathways
function independently.

49
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what is color

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Color is a psychological representation of a mixture of lights in
different wavelengths

50
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two models of colour mixing

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Additive color mixing
* Subtractive color mixing

51
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additive colour mixing

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colour systems that start without light (black) light sources of various wavelengths combine to make a colour

52
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subtractive colour mixing

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start with light (white). coloured inks, paints, or filters between the viewer and the light source of the reflective surface subtract wavelengths from the light, giving it the colour

53
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additive colour mixing is mixing of _____ so it gets _____

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light so it gets light

54
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subtractive mixing is mixing of ____ so it gets _____

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pigments, subtracting light, which makes it darker

55
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colour sensation additive color mixing

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Additive color mixing
* Subtractive color mixing

56
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colour sensation subtractive color mixing

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Superimposing one light filter (e.g., cellophane) on top of another
(or adding one pigment on another). Each filter blocks out certain
wavelengths. When one filter is put on top of another, a larger
categories of wavelengths are blocked. Color mixing works by
filtering out unwanted light sources.

57
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Trichromatic theory

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Human eye has three types of receptors with differing sensitivities to different
light wavelengths.
* Light of different wavelengths stimulates the three different types of cone
receptors in different ways.
* The ratio of the activity of these three receptor types creates our impression
of different colors

58
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Opponent process theory

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Color perception depends on receptors that make antagonistic responses to
three pairs of colors

59
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A color-blind individual is one who is born with

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only one or two cone
receptors

60
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what is the colour in which an colour blind person cannot see depend on

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the receptor that is missing

61
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what is the most common colour blind defiency

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red or green receptor

62
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what happens if the person is missing two types of receptors (in terms of colour blindness)

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the person cannot create any colours

63
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what is the weakness of trichromatic theory

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One weakness of the
trichromatic theory is
that it fails to explain
complementary
afterimage

64
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opponent-process cells are _______ by a colour and have a burst if activity when its removed

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inhibited

65
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physical realities can be measured ______

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quantitatively

66
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Psychophysics is the study of

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how physical stimuli are related or
translated into psychological experience.

67
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Absolute Threshold- who found it

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The minimum amount of stimulation that an
organism can detect.
- gustav fechner

68
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unlike neurons researchers found that the absolute threshold is not a

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single stimulus intensity at which the subject jumps from no detection to complete accusation detection

69
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In absolute threshold, what is the relationship between detecting a stimulus and stimulus intensity

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The chance of
detecting a stimulus
increases gradually
with stimulus intensity

70
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absolute threshold is defined as the intensity level at which the probability of detection is what percent?

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50%

71
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single detection theory

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  • how decisions are made under conditions of uncertainty
    the detection of a stimulus depends on
    1. intensity of the stimulus
    2. the psychological state of the individual or context of the situation
72
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what two processes are in the single detection theory

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two processes involved
1. sensory process
2. decision making process

73
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four possible decision outcomes

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hit, false alarm, miss, correct rejection

74
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the decision is based on __________ only
- results not affected by

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sensory information only
not affected by psychosocial/individual factors

75
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biased responses - the yea-sayers

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high hit rate and high false alarm rate

76
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decision making unbiased responses

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hit rate= correvt rejection rate and miss rate= false alarm rate

77
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decision-making biased - nay-sayers

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high correct rejection rate and high miss rate

78
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just a noticeable difference (JND)

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A just noticeable difference (JND) is the smallest difference in the
amount of stimulation that a specific sense can detect

79
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weber’s law

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The size of a Just Noticeable Difference (JND) is a constant proportion
of the size of the initial stimulus

change in stimulus intensity needed for the difference to be detcted divided by the orginal intensity of the stimulus
= k (webers fraction)

80
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Constant increments in stimulus intensity produce

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smaller and
smaller increases in the perceived magnitude of sensation

81
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fechner’s law

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Subjective sensation is proportional to the logarithm of the
intensity of the stimulus.

82
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R=reiz or -

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stimulus

83
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implications of fechner’s lae

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S = K Log R
Psycho = Physical
Psychological reality correlates with a physical reality—
psychophysical parallelism.

84
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Fechner Law - explain relationship between arithmetic progression and geomatic progression

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JND or level of sensation goes up by adding a fixed number which correlates to x or intensity of stimulation which goes up by geometric progression (multipled by a fixed factor)

85
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sensation

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The stimulation of sense organs.
* Involves the absorption of energy (e.g.,
light and sound waves) by sensory
organs (e.g., eyes and ears

86
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perception

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The selection, organization, and
interpretation of sensory information.
* Involves organization and translation of
sensory information into something
meaningful.

87
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factors that affect the outcome of perception

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Clarity of the stimulus
* Context in which the stimulus appears
* Way of presentation
* Viewing perspective
* Background knowledge of the viewer
* Focus of attention
* Schema
(And many other factors)

88
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bottom-up versus top-down processing- decision making

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-response or action
-decision
-thought processes
- perception
-attention
-stimulus

89
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bottom-up versus top down processing - text comprehension

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  • comprehension
  • phrase processing
  • word processiing
  • letter processing
  • feature processing
90
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Bottom-up
versus top-
down
processing
- Visual Perception

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bottom-up - taking sensory information and then assembling and integrating it what am I seeing?

top-down- using models, ideas, and expectations to interpret sensory information= is something i have seen before

91
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explain the top-up versus bottom-down processing of a music note

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top-down = see note, expect to hear the chord, recognize that it is indeed that chord

bottom-up = listen to notes, recognize the notes, be able to say what letter

92
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bottom-up processing

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Perception based on the physical
features of the stimulus.
- data-driven processing- Examples:
Identify letters isolated from words
or words isolated from sentences.
Complete the Stroop task without
being affected by the meanings of
the words (with no Stroop effect)

93
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top-down processing

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The interpretation of sensory
information based on knowledge,
expectations, and experience
- concept-driven processing - Examples: Context effect, word-
superiority effect, Stroop effect

94
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structualism

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Breaks down the whole into its
parts/ a compound into its
elements.
* Method: Introspection
(experimental: systematically
varied the stimulus and then
recorded the subject’s subjective
feelings about the change)

95
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explain of structuralism in everyday life

A

how do you use primary colours to create orange

96
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gestalt psychology

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The whole is more than the sum of its
parts.
* Integrating elementary components to
form a whole—the opposite of
structuralism.
* Humans have basic tendencies to organize
what they see into a coherent whole.
* Organization is guided by some general
principles.
* A form of top-down/conceptually driven
processing

97
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the early study of perception had two schools of thought

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structuralism and gestalt psychology

98
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principle of closure

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people may complete figures that actually have gaps in them

99
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principle of continuity

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people tend to connect points that result in straight or gently curved lines that create smooth paths

100
Q

our default assumption of continuity- is it true

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When one object partially covers another, the
contours of the partially covered object “comes out the other side”
(assumption of continuity)
false

101
Q

principle of similarity

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People tend to group items that are similar in color, shape, brightness,
etc., to form a unit.

102
Q

Principle of figure-ground

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The figure is more “thing-like” and
more memorable than the ground.
The figure is seen in front of the
ground.
The ground is more uniform and
extends behind figure.

103
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Principle of proximity

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Things that are close to one another seem to belong together (i.e., they
form a unit).

104
Q

What
distinguishes a
human from a
robot is the
capability to do

A

top-down
processing

105
Q

primary visual cortex damaged - make them say what shape they saw- they got 1 in three right, proving that they could still partially see - what is this called

A

blindsight

106
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blindsight

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a condition where people are still able to process visual stimuli despite being cortexly blind- they lack the conscious ability to see

107
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the visual abilities in blindsight patients are limited and specific

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true

108
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types of blindsight (4)

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  1. follow moving object with eyes
  2. attention-blindsight - sense object in visual field
  3. agnosopsia - colour shape category
  4. affective-blindight- bodily face expression
109
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each blind sight ability uses a different pathway than V1

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true

110
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affective blindsight uses the

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amygdala

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