Sensation and Perception Flashcards
What is Sensation?
Process of physical stimulus.
What is Perception?
How you can view the world in a meanful way.
What is Transduction?
The transfer of physical energy into neural energy that can be processed by the nervous system.
What is Absolute Thershold?
Smallest strength of a simuli. can be detected half the time.
What is Difference threshold?
Just a small noticable difference. Can be detected between 2 stimuli in 1/2 the time.
What is Sensory adaptation?
Decline in sensation due to constant simulation.
Parts of the eye:
Cornea
Parts of the eye:
Iris
Parts of the eye:
Pupil
Parts of the eye:
Lens
Parts of the eye:
Retina
Parts of the eye:
Fovea
Parts of the eye:
Rods
Parts of the eye:
Cones
What if there is a blind spot in our vision. What causes it and why don’t we notice it?What fills in the missing info?)
What is trichromatic theory?
What is opponent-process theory?
What is red-green color blindness?
What are afterimages?
What are nociceptors?
What is the gate control theory? What are factors that can increase or decrease the perception of pain.
What is phantom limb pain?
What is the process of sensitization?
Gestalt psychology:
Figure-ground relationship
Gestalt psychology:
Laws of Closure
Gestalt psychology:
Law of Similarity
Gestalt psychology:
Law of continuation
Gestalt psychology:
Law of Proximity
Gestalt psychology:
Law of Symmetry
What is bottom up processing?
What is top down processing?
What is depth perception?
What are monocular cues?
What are binocular cues?
What is linear perspective?
What is Motion parallax?
What is the Carpentered world hypothesis?
