PSY100 Midterm Flashcards
After Quiz 1 Material
1
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What is sensation?
A
Brings information to the brain that arises outside or inside the body
2
Q
What is Perception?
A
Process of interpreting sensory information
3
Q
Signal Detection Theory
A
Analysis of sensory and decision making processes in the detection of fain, uncertain stimuli - depends of actual intensity and the criteria used to measure intensity
4
Q
Absolute Threshold vs Difference Threshold
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Absolute: Smallest possible stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time
Difference: Smallest difference between two stimulus
5
Q
Sensory Adaptation
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Reduced response to an unchanged stimuli
6
Q
Audition
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The sense of hearing
7
Q
What is agnosia?
A
Can’t recognize objects
8
Q
What is Prosopagnosia?
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Can’t recognize faces
9
Q
Binocular Cue
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