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Sensation and Perception Flashcards

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sensation

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process where sensory receptors & nervous systems receive & represent stimulus energies from environment

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perception

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bottom-up processing

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top-down processing

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selective attention

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cocktail party effect

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inattentional blindness

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change blindness

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what are the 3 steps that are basic to all of our sensory systems? All of our senses…

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transduction

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psychophysics

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absolute thresholds

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signal detection theory

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subliminal

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priming

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difference threshold

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Weber’s Law

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sensory adaptation

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perceptual set

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extrasensory perception (ESP)

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parapsychology

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Wavelength

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what does wavelength determine (vision)

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hue

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amplitude

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what does amplitude determine (vision)

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intensity

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cornea

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pupil

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iris

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lens

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retina

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accomodation

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rods

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cones

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bipolar cells

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ganglion cells

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optic nerve

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blind spot

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fovea

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after being processed in the retina, the optic nerve carries vision info to what part of the brain

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feature detectors

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parallel processing

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young-helmholtz trichromatic theory

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3 colors our eyes are sensitive to?

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what causes colorblindness

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opponent process theory

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3 sets of colors:

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afterimages

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gestalt

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grouping

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proximity

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continuity

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closure

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depth perception

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visual cliff

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binocular depth cues

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retinal disparity

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monocular cues

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relative height

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relative size

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interposition

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relative motion

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linear perspective

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light and shadow

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phi phenomenon

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perceptual constancy

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color constancy

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perceptual adaptation

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audition

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amplitude determines what? (hearing)

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frequency determines what? (hearing)

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what is sound measured in?

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eardrum

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3 bones in the middle ear

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cochlea

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summary of hearing: vibrations cause the cochlea’s membrane to shake. this causes ripples in the ___ bending the ___ lining its surface. Hair cells convert the messages into neurons that are sent by the __ to the thalamus, then onto the ___ cortex in the ___ lobe.

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sensorineural hearing loss

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conduction hearing loss

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cochlear implant

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how do we interpret loudness of a sound

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place theory

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frequency theory

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volley principle

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what are the 4 distinct skin senses that make up touch

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why do we need to feel pain

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gate control theory

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what are phantom limb sensations

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2 examples of psychological influences of pain

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2 examples of social-cultural influences of pain

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what are the 5 basic tastes

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taste is a chemical sense? how does taste work

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scientific name for smell

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what part of the brain does smell bypass

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do we have a distinct receptor for each detectable odor

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kinesthesia

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vestibular sense

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where are the biological pars for your sense of equilibrium located

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sensory interaction

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embodied cognition

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synesthesia

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McGurk effect

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semicircular canals

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