Psy. Vocab mod 16 17 18 Flashcards by Nina Keoviengxay

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vision

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interpret visual environment

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cornea

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protective layer outer eye, bend light waves

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pupil

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opening eye to allow light to enter

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lens

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ways of seeing, light retina

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visible light

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electromagnetic spectrum we see

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rods

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detect black/white/gray

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bipolar cells

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impulses many visual receptor cells

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cones

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daylight/well lit, color saturation

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ganglion cells

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impulses go to these cells

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optic nerve

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neural impulses, eye to brain

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blind spot

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optic nerve leaves eye, no receptor cells

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fovea

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central/focal point of retina

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trichromatic theory

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3 color receptors

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color blindness

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lacking red/green cones

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oponent process theory

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color receptors suppresses other colors

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feature deduction

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nervous system filter stimuli

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retina

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light sensitive inner surface, process visual info

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occiptal lobe

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distance/depth perception, color determination

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gesalt

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organized whole information

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figure ground

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nerves responding to the scene at hand (angles, lines, movement)

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depth perception

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objects 3 dimensions, judges distance

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parallel processing

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brain natural mode processing functions

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perceptual adaptation

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adjust changed sensory output

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cocktail party phenomenon

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size constancy

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shape constancy

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brightness constancy

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color constancy

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difference threshold

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bottom up processing

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top down processing

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absolute threshold

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signal detection theory

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subliminal

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weber’s law

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sensory adaptation

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transduction

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perceptual set

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hearing/audition

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sound waves

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cochlea

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pitch theories

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sensorineural deafness

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gate control theory

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taste/gustation

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smell/olfaction

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kinesthesis

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vestibular sense

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extrasensory perception

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sensory interaction

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energy senses

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chemical senses

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