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Reading Quiz Chapter 4 Flashcards

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prospagnosia

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face blindness

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facial recognition occurs in the

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right hemisphere

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bottom-up processing

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begins with sensory receptors and works up to the brain’s integration of sensory information

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top-up processing

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information processed by higher level thinking, when we construct perceptions on our experiences & expectations

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selective attention

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focus of conscious awareness on a particular stimuli

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perception

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organizing, and interpreting sensory information

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perception allows us to

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recognize meaningful objects and events

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sensation

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sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment

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intentional blindness

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failing it see visible objects when attention is directed elsewhere

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change blindness

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failing to notice changes in the environment

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change deafness

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unaware of change in speaker

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pop-out phenomenon

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stimuli that draw are attention, often are distinctly different from the rest

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psychophysics

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relationship between physical characteristics including intensity and our psychological experience of them

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absolute threshold

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minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time

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signal detection theory

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how and when we detect a faint stimulus amid background noise

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signal detection theory depends on an individuals

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experience, expectations, motivation and alertness

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signal detection theory assumes

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there is no single absolute threshold

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subliminal

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below ones absolute threshold for conscious awareness

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priming

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unconscious activation of certain association areas

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websters law

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the principle that to be perceived different two stimuli must differ by a constant percentage

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difference threshold

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minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time

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sensory adaptation

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diminished sensitivity because of a constant stimulation

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transduction

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conversion of one form of energy into another

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transduction in sensation

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transforming stimulus energies: sights, sounds, smells into neural impulses our brain can interpret

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wavelength

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distance from peak of light or sound wave to the peak of the next

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hue

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dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light

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intensity

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amount of energy in light or sound wave which we perceive as brightness or loudness

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great amplitude

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bright colors

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small amplitude

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dull colors

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short wavelength

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high frequency- blue colors

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long wavelenght

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short frequency- red colors

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pupil

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adjustable opening, where light enters

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iris

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colored portion of eye and controls size of pupil opening

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lens

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changes shape to focus images on retina

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accommodation

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eye lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina

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rods

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retinal receptors detecting black, white, gray necessary for peripheral and twilight vision (when cones don’t respond)

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cones

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retinal receptors function in daylight and well lit conditions- detect fine detail and color sensations

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optic nerve

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carries neural impulses from eye to brain

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blind spot

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no receptor cells

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fovea

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central focal point in retina surrounding cone cluster

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feature detectors

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respond to specific features of stimulus: shape, angle or movement

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parallel processing

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processing of may aspects of a problem simultaneously

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Young Helmholts trichromatic theory

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(Three color theory) that retina contains three different color receptors, one most sensitive to red, one to green one to blue- which when stimulated produce the perception of any color

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opponent-process theory

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opposing retinal processes enable color vision

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audition

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the sense or act of hearing

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frequency

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the number of complete wavelengths (per second)

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pitch

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tone’s experienced highness or lowness; depends on frequency

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cochela

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fluid filled tube inner ear where sound waves trigger neural impulses

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inner ear

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the innermost part of ear

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place theory

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links pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea’s membrane is stimulated

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frequency theory

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nerve impulses traveling up auditory nerve matches frequency of a tone, enabling us to sense its pitch

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conduction hearing loss

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hearing loss due to damage to the mechanical system conducting sound waves to cochlea

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sensorineural hearing loss

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hearing loss caused by damage to cochleas receptors cells or to auditory nerves

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cochlear implant

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device converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea

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conduction hearing loss

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hearing loss due to damage to the mechanical system conducting sound waves to cochlea

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sensorineural hearing loss

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hearing loss caused by damage to cochleas receptors cells or to auditory nerves

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cochlear implant

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device converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea

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gate-control theory

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that the spinal cord contains a neurological gate blocking pain signals or allows them to pass on to the briain

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vestibular sense

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monitors body’s and head position and movement

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nocieptors

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sensory receptors that detect hurtful temperatures, pressure or chemicals

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figure-ground

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organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surrondings

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sensory interaction

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that one sense may influence another as when the smell of food influences its taste

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gestalt

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organized whole, emphasized tendency to integrate pieces of info into meaningful wholes

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figure-ground

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organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surrondings

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depth perception

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ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike retina are two dimensional allow us to judge distance

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binocular cues

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depth cues, retinal disparity that depend on the use of two eyes

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perceptual constancy

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perceiving objects as unchanging (consistent shapes,sizes,lightness and color) even as illumination and retinal images change

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monocular cues

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depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone

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phi phenomenon

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illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession

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perceptual set

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mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

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color constancy

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perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object

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perceptual adaptation

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ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field

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perceptual set

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mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

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biological influences

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sensory analysis, unlearned visual phenomena, critical period for sensory development

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psychological influence

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selective attention, learned schemas, Gestalt principles, context effects, perceptual set

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soical-cultural influences

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cultural assumptions and expectations

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paranormal phenomena (PSI)

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telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition

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precognition

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predicting the future

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clairvoyance

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perceiving remote events (friend’s house is on fire)

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telepathy

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mind to mind communication

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parapsychology

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study of paranormal phenomena

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extrasensory perception

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controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input: includes telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition

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