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Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception Flashcards

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Bottom-Up Processing

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Analysis beginning with sensory receptors and works towards brain’s integration of info

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Top-Down Processing

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Processing guided by high-level mental processes, constructing Perceptions

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Psychophysics

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study of relationships between physical characteristics and our psychological experience of them

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Absolute Threshold

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level of stimulation for sensation to occur 50% of the time

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Subliminal

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below threshold of awareness perceiving ability

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Priming

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activation causing predisposition

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Sensation

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process of receiving raw information from enviroment

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Adaptation

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gradual loss of attention to unneeded or unwanted stimulation due to prolonged unchanged stimulus

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Perception

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process of organizing sensory information to be meaningful

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Vision

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The correct name for sight

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White Light

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light as originates from source before broken into frequencies

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Color

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is seen after white light hits objects and bounces at different speed or frequencies

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Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory

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mixing of blue/green/red can produce any color

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Opponent-Process

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color-sensitive visual elements are grouped into red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white elements

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Afterimage

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image that remains after stimulation of the retina has ended, unused cones start firing to balance

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Cornea

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clear outer covering fluid behind it

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Iris

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colored circular muscle, has control of amount of light

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Lens

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bends light rays, focuses an image on the retina

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Accomodation

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change shape and bend light to focus

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Pupil

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opening of the eye, changes size as the iris moves

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Retina

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back of the eye that absorbs light rays, contains millions of receptors

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Rods

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highly light-sensitive, color insensitive receptors, sensitive for night vision

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Cones

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visual receptor that responds to distinguish colors

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Fovea

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retina center where cones are highly concentrated

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Acuity

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visual clarity, greatest on fovea, want 20/20

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Color Blindness

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inability to perceive certain colors

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Optic Nerve

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place where all the nerve cells leave the eye

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Blind Spot

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portion of the retina through which the optic nerve exits

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Vision is affected by

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Shape of Eyes

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Farsightedness

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eye too short, only distant focused

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Nearsightedness

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eye too long, images fall short of the retina

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Audition

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uses sound waves to hear

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Amplitude

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difference between peak and baseline

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Wavelength

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distance between one peak to the next

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Frequency

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of complete waveforms that pass everysecond

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Pitch

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how high or low a tone is

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Timbre

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mixture of frequencies and amplitudes that make complexity of the tone

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Intensity

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loudness, measured in decibels

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Eardrum

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skin stretched tightly over entrance of inner ear

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Cochlea

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snail-shaped part filled with fluid that vibrates

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Basilar Membrane

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floor of the duct that runs through the cochlea

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Hair Cells

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Receptor cells

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Cilia

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hair like extensions

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Auditory Nerve

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bundle of nerves carrying sound to brain

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Conduction deafness

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outer/middle ear damage, bones fuse together, hearing aid

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Nerve deafness

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inner ear damage, usually nerve or hair cells, no cure but cochlear implant available

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Cutaneous

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Sense of touch

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Cutaneous receptors

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nerve receptors

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Vestibular Sense

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sense of movement and position, includes balance

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Kinesthesis

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bone, muscle, tendon, joint sensors give sense of where parts of body are in respect to one another

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Gustation

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Sense of Taste

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Papillae

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groupings of taste receptors

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Five Senses of Taste

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  • Salt
  • Sweet
  • Sour
  • Bitter
  • Umami
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Olfaction

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ability to detect chemicals (Sense of Smell)

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Olfactory Cilia

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collects molecules of odor

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Olfactory Bulbs

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receive molecules communicate their nature to the brain

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Smell Communication

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taste and smell go together

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Pheromones

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Smell hormones

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Smells of Pheromones

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  • Putrid
  • Fruity
  • Flowery
  • Burnt
  • Resinous
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Perception

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matter of interpretation and expectation

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Figure-Ground

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objects that stand out from surrounding

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Proximity

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closer together, perceived as belonging together

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Similarity

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similar elements perceived as part a group

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Continuity

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sensations that appear to create continuous form belong together

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Closure

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process of filling on the missing details of what is veiwed

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Common Fate

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sets moving in same direction and speed are perceived as together

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Depth Perception

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ability to see relation of objects in space

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Binocular Cues

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depth clues using both eyes

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Retinal Disparity

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differences between images provided by two retinas, brought together to provide depth

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Texture Gradiant

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how rough or smooth objects are

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Monocular Cues

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depth cues using single eye

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Size Constancy

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ability to retain size of an object regardless of location

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Color Constancy

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Ability to perceive an object as the same color regardless of enviroment

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Brightness Constancy

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ability to keep an object’s brightness constant as the object is moved to various enviroments

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Shape Constancy

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ability to perceive an object as having same shape regardless of angle

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Space Sonstancy

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ability to keep objects in the environment steady by perceiving either ourselves or outside objects as moving

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Synchrony

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stimuli at same time perceived as belonging together (i.e. a baseball and basketball)

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Common Region

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elements in same boundary grouped together (i.e. a bowl of fruit)

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Connectedness

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elements connected by other elements tend to be grouped together (i.e. Power Lines)

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Illusions

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inaccurate perceptions

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Muller-Lyer Illusions

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One line in a picture with two equal-length lines seems longer

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Reversible Figure

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same object is seen as two alternating figures

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Learning-Interference

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what you already know interferes with new task

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