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Psychology Ch.4 Flashcards

1
Q

Sensation

A

Detecting, Converting, and transmitting raw sensory info from external and internal environments to the brain.

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2
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Perception

A

The process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting sensory info into meaningful patterns.

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3
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The 5 senses are an example of?

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Sensation

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4
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A kitten looking in a mirror and seeing itself as a lion is an example of?

A

Perception

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5
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What are senses of the body?

A

Vision, Audition, Olfaction, Gustation, Body Senses

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6
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A candle flame seen from 30 miles away on a clear, dark night uses what sense?

A

Vision

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7
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The tick of an old-fashion watch ay 20 feet uses the sense?

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Audition

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8
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One drop of perfume spread throughout a six-room apartment uses what sense?

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Olfaction

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9
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One teaspoon of sugar in two gallons of water uses the sense?

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Gustation

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10
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A bee’s wing falling on your cheek from a height of about half an inch uses what sense?

A

Body senses

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11
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The senses examples are an example of what?

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Absolute Threshold

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12
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What is an Absolute Threshold?

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The minimum amount of a stimulus that an observer can reliably detect.

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13
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What is a Difference Threshold?
Ex.: Changes in amounts, sizes, weights, shades, etc.,

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The minimal difference needed to notice a stimulus change.

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14
Q

Marketing like iPhone sizes and colors are an example of?

A

Difference thresholds

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15
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-Turning down the volume on repetitive information helps our sensory receptors cope with overwhelming sensory stimuli and allows us time to pay attention to change.
-Getting into a body of water
-Music at a party
Are examples of?

A

Sensory Adaption

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16
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What is Sensory Adaption

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Repeated or constant stimulation decreases sensory messages to the brain which decreases sensation.

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17
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How loud is too Loud!?!!?!

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Constant noise above 85 decibels which can cause permanent nerve damage

18
Q

What sense is connected to our emotional system(limbic) than any other sense?

A

Smell(olfaction)

19
Q

_To intensify the taste of food
-warn of dangerous foods
-elicit strong memories
What sense functions like this?

20
Q

So with our smell we stop smelling our deodorants and perfumes because of decreased responding what is this an example of? sensation or perception?

A

Sensory Adaption

21
Q

Nerve impulses to the brain(Parietal) reflect back as an sensation of what ?

A

Gustation(Taste)

22
Q

What are our five basic taste?

A

-Sweet
–Salty
-Sour
-Bitter
-Umami

23
Q

Humans like sweet and salty but what do they avoid?

A

Bitter(That’s why as you get older you’ll like more sweets)

24
Q

What are the names of the people that have greater than average number of taste buds?

A

Supertasters

25
Q

What is resulted when we combine sensations of taste and smell?

26
Q

What is the largest sensory organ in your body?

27
Q

Your skin senses include what?

A

touch and pressure(when and where touched)
temperature and pain(temp recept located beneath skin but separate receptors for hot and cold)

28
Q

What fibers that deal with dull or throbbing are thinner and slower?

29
Q

What is our body’s natural pain killer which is similar to morphine?

A

Endorphins

30
Q

Crying, hugs, medications, Distractions, and meditation are examples of what?

A

Pain Management

31
Q

What system is in charge of your balance?

A

Vestibular System

32
Q

When you get off the swing set ride your world seems disoriented and your dizzy and have motion sickness what happened?

A

Your vestibular and visual systems are sensory confused

33
Q

What are body receptors that sends to the brain to give us sensation of movement?

A

Kinesthesis

34
Q

You see a sign that shows a curvy road so you expect to slow down for curvy roads so that you do not drive off a cliff due to driving too fast. What is this an example of?

A

Perpetual set

35
Q

See an object in the water and deciding whether its a stick or the Loch Ness monster what is an example of?

A

Perceptual Set

36
Q

A group of dots close together is an example of

37
Q

A cat broken up in pieces but we can still see its a cat even if there are gaps.
Do yu knw wt I mn?
Is an example of?

38
Q

Seeing two squiggly lines crossing each other but at the cross you follow the other line is an example of?

A

Continuity

39
Q

Viewing objects as the object of focus or background

A

Figure-ground

40
Q

You are building a puzzle to make a picture what is that an example of?

A

Bottom up Processing

41
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Like knowing a song and drawing pictures for the words is an example of?

A

Top-down processing

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