Sensation and Perception

Question 1

It is a mental process that detects physical energy emitted or reflected by physical objects.

Answer 1

Sensation

Question 2

Actual experience of the world. It is the process by which the
brain interprets and organizes information received by the sense organs.

Answer 2

Perception

Question 3

neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces.

Answer 3

prosopagnosia

Question 4

divides the line between what energy can be detected or not

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Thresholds

Question 5

The process of becoming more sensitive to stimulation

Answer 5

sensitization

Question 6

is the sharpness of vision or the ability to discriminate usual details

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Visual Acuity

Question 7

Holds that color vision is made possible by three types of cones,
some of which respond to red light, some to green, and others to blue.

Answer 7

TRICHROMATIC THEORY

Question 8

Holds that there are three types of color receptors, but they are not theorized to be red, green, and blue.

Answer 8

OPPONENT-PROCESS THEORY

Question 9

determined by its frequency (number of cycles per second as expressed in H2 or unit hertz)

Answer 9

Pitch

Question 10

is the sense that gives us information about the location of our body parts

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Kinesthetic

Question 11

gives us information about our body
position, movement, and acceleration

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Vestibular Sense

Question 12

a sensation that is found in the visceral organs such as the stomach, intestines, internal sex organs, lungs, throat, and heart.

Answer 12

Organic Sensation

Question 13

The ability to perceive our surroundings through the light that
enters our eyes.

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Visual Perception

Question 14

Perceptions shift between the two-figure ground patterns.

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Figure-Ground Perception

Question 15

To perceive familiar objects as having a constant form when viewed at different angles.

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Shape Constancy

Question 16

To perceive the same object as being the same size, even though
it varies in distance.

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Size Constancy

Question 16

The tendency to perceive a familiar object as having the same color under different conditions of illumination

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Color Constancy

Question 16

Occurs when the perceived lightness (the perceived shade of white, gray, or black) of an object of fixed reflectance remains constant over variations in illumination.

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Lightness Constancy

Question 17

Process through which humans and other animals orient themselves to their own or others’ physical movements.

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Movement Perception

Question 18

Ability to judge depth or distance through the different cues.

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Depth Perception

Question 19

Consistent and persistent discrepancies between a physical state of affairs and its representation in consciousness.

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Perceptual Illusion

Question 20

Ability to perceive and understand the difference between sounds.

Answer 20

Sound Perception