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Sensation and Perception Flashcards

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Sensation

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Conversion of physical, electromagnetic, auditory, and other info from internal and external environment into electrical signals in nervous system

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Perception

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Processing of sensory information to make sense of its significance

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Absolute threshold

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minimum of stimulus energy that is needed to activate a sensory system

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Threshold of conscious perception

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minimum of stimulus energy that creates a signal large enough in size and long enough in duration to be brought into awareness

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Difference threshold or just noticeable difference

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Minimum difference in magnitude between two stimuli before one can perceive this difference

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Weber’s law

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The JND for a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the stimulus and that this proportion is constant over most of the range of possible stimuli

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Signal detection theory

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Effect of non-sensory factors (experiences, motives, expectations) on perception of stimuli

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Adaptation

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decrease in response to a stimulus over time

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Cornea

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Gathers and filters incoming light

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Iris

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Colored part of the eye
Divides into anterior and posterior chambers

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Lens

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Refracts incoming light to focus it onto the retina and is held in place by suspensory ligaments connected to ciliary muscle

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Retina

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Contains rods (dim light) and cones (color)
Contains mostly cones in the macula (central visual field)

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Fovea

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At the center of the macula
Contains only cones
Most precise vision

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Parallel processing

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Ability to analyze and combine information simultaneously regarding color, shape, and motion

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Parvocellular cells

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Detect shape
High spatial resolution

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Magnocellular cells

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Detect Motion
High temporal resolution

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Cochela

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Detects sound

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Utricle and saccule

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Linear acceleration

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Semicircular canals

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Rotational acceleration

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Auditory Pathway

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Cochlea
Vestibulocochlear nerve and medial geniculate nucleus of thalamus
Auditory cortex of temporal lobe

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Smell

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Detection of volatile or aerosolized chemicals by olfactory chemoreceptors in epithelium

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Olfactory pathway

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Olfactory nerves
Olfactory bulb
Olfactory tract
Limbic system

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Visual pathway

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Eye
Optic nerve
Optic chiasm
Optic tracts
Lateral geniculate nucleus of thalamus
Visual radiations
Visual cortex

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Taste

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Papillae detect taste
Sweet, salty, bitter, umami

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Somatosensation

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Pressure
Vibration
Pain
Temperature

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Two-point threshold

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Minimum distance necessary between two points of stimulation on the skin such that the points are felt as two distinct stimuli.

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Nocireceptors

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Pain perception

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Gate theory of pain

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States that pain sensation is reduced when other somatosensory signals are present

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Kinesthetic sense

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refers to the ability to tell where one’s body is in three-dimensional space

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Bottoms up processing

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Data driven
Recognition of objects by parallel processing and feature detection
Slow
Less prone to mistakes

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Top down processing

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Conceptually driven
Recognition of object by memory and expectations with little attention to detail
Fast
More prone to mistake

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Gestalt principles

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Brain infers missing parts of a picture when incomplete

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Law of Proximity

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Elements close to one another perceived as aunit

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Law of similarity

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Objects that are similar appear to be grouped together

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Law of good continuation

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elements following same path tend to be grouped together

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Subjective contours

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perception of nonexistent edges in figures based on surrounding visual cues

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Law of closure

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Space is enclosed by a group of lines is perceived as a complete or closed line

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Law of pragnanz

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perceptual organization is as regular, simple, and symmetrical as possible

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