Midterm 3! Flashcards

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1
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Light

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Electromagnetic radiation

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2
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Varies in amplitude

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Perception of brightness

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3
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Varies in wavelength

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Perception of colour

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4
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Purity

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Mixture ot wavelength in the light

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5
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Saturation

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Richness ot colours, amount ot white in a colour

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Receptive fields

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Retinal area that affects firing of cell

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Huge and Wiesel

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1simple→width and orientation of lines when in right position

2complex→ width, orientation, in any position

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8
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Dorsal pathway (parieta)

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“Where’ an object is and “howl to use it

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Trichromatic theory

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3receptors→photopigmentssensitive to longs medium or short wavelengths. Different levels of neural activation translated into dicterent colours

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Opponent process theory (Hering)

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3 pairs of antagonistic colours. Red/green blue/yellow black/white

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11
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Trichromatic theory applies at what level?

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Retinal level

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12
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Opponent process theory applies where?

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Retina (ganglion cells), LGN, and visual cortex

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13
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Perceptual set

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Readiness to perceivein a particular way

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14
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Inattentional blindness

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Failure to see visible objects or eventsbecause attention is focused elsewhere

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15
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Feature analysis

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Process of defecting specific elements in visual

Input and assemble into more complex form

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16
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Gestalt theory

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Whole can be greater then thesum of its parts

17
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Distal

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Stimuli outside the body

18
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Proximal

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Stimulus energies impinging on sensory receptors

19
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Binocular cues

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Cues from both eyes

20
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Retinal disparity

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Dlitterence bet ween the 2 mages projected on each retina

21
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Convergence

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Eyes turn toward each other to focus on near objects

22
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Monocular cues

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Motion parallax, accommodation,pectoral cues

23
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Perceptual constancies

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Stable perceptions amid changing stimuli

24
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Optical illusion

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Inexplicable discrepancy between appearanceand reality

25
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Amplitude of sound

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Loudness

26
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Frequency sound

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Pitch

27
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Purity of sound

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Timbre

28
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Auditory localization

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  1. Timing of sounds arriving at each year

2. Intensity lloudness)

29
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Gestation

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Taste buds→ neural impulse→thalamus→cortex

30
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Olfaction

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Olfactory cilia→neural impulse→ olfactorynerves→olfactory bulb

31
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Touch

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Sensory receptors→the spinal columns→brainstem→thalamus→somatosensory cortex

32
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Kinethesis

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Knowing the position of thevarious parts of the body, receptors in joints/muscles,vestibular_ equilibrium balance