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Sensation and Perception Flashcards

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What is transduction

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The process of which signals are transformed into neural impulses

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The process of which signals are transformed into neural impulses is called…

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Transduction

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What is sensory adaptation

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Decreased responsiveness to constant stimulation

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Decreased responsiveness to constant stimulation is known as…

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Sensory adaptation

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What is sensory habituation

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Perceiving sensory partially based on how focused we are on them

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Perceiving sensory partially based on how focused we are on them is known as…

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Sensory habituation

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What is the dominant sense in humans

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Vision

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What color has the longest wavelength

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Red

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What color has the shortest wavelength

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Violet

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What does the cornea do

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A protective covering that helps focus light

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The protective covering that helps focus light is called…

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Cornea

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What does the pupil do

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Uses muscles to dilate to let more or less light in (accommodation)

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The part of the eye which uses muscles to dilate to let more or less light in (accommodation) is called…

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Pupil

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What do the lens do

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Focuses the light

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15
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Which part of the eye focuses the light

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Lens

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What does the retina do

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Converts light into electrical signals which are sent to the brain

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Which part of the eye converts light into electrical signals which are sent to the brain

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Retina

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What is the fovea

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The area at the center of the retina with the highest concentration of cones

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The area at the center of the retina with the highest concentration of cones is called the…

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Fovea

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What is place theory

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The hair cells in the cochlea respond to different frequencies of sound based on where they are located

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The theory where hair cells in the cochlea respond to different frequencies of sound based on where they are located is called…

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Place theory

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What is frequency theory

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Sensing pitch because hair cells fire at different rates

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The theory that sensing pitch is because hair cells fire at different rates is called…

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Frequency theory

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24
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What is conduction deafness

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When something goes wrong with the system of conducting sound to the cochlea

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When something goes wrong with the system of conducting sound to the cochlea it is called…

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Conduction deafness

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What is nerve deafness

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When the hair cells in the cochlea are damaged

27
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When the hair cells in the cochlea are damaged it is called…

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Nerve deafness

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What is gate-control theory

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Some pain messages have higher priority than others

29
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The theory that some pain messages have higher priority than others is called…

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Gate-control theory

30
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Which sense goes directly to the amygdala

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Sense of smell

31
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Where does the sense of smell go directly to

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The amygdala

32
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What is vestibular sense

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How our body is oriented in space

33
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Which sense tells us how our body is oriented in space

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Vestibular sense

34
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What is kinesthetic sense

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The position and orientation of specific body parts

35
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Which sense tells us the position and orientation of specific body parts

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Kinesthetic sense

36
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What kind of sense is vision

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Energy

37
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What kind of sense is hearing

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Energy

38
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What kind of sense is touch

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Energy

39
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What kind of sense is taste

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Chemical

40
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What kind of sense is smell

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Chemical

41
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What kind of sense is vestibular sense

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Body position

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What kind of sense is kinesthetic sense

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Body position

43
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What is perception

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The process of understanding and interpreting sensations

44
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The process of understanding and interpreting sensations is known as…

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Perception

45
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What is the absolute threshold

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The smallest amount of stimulus we can detect

46
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The smallest amount of stimulus we can detect is called the…

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Absolute threshold

47
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What is subliminal stimuli

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Stimuli below our absolute threshold

48
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Stimuli below our absolute threshold is called…

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Subliminal stimuli

49
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What is the difference threshold

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The smallest amount of change needed in a stimulus before we detect a change

50
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The smallest amount of change needed in a stimulus before we detect a change is known as…

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Difference threshold

51
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What is Weber’s law

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The more intense the stimulus, the more it will need to change before we notice a difference

52
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“The more intense the stimulus, the more it will need to change before we notice a difference”
This is known as…

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Weber’s law

53
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What is signal detection theory

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What we detect among competing stimuli depends on our response criteria

54
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“What we detect among competing stimuli depends on our response criteria”
This is known as…

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Signal detection theory

55
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What is a false positive

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Perceiving a stimulus that isn’t there

56
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Perceiving a stimulus that isn’t there is called a…

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False positive

57
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What is a false negative

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Not perceiving a stimulus that is present

58
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Not perceiving a stimulus that is present is called a…

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False negative

59
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What is top-down processing

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Filling in gaps in what we sense based on our schemata

60
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Filling in gaps in what we sense based on our schemata is known as…

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Top-down processing

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What is bottom-up processing

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Using features of the object to build a complete perception

62
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Using features of the object to build a complete perception is known as…

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Bottom-up processing

63
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What is the interposition cue

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Objects that block the view of other objects must be closer

64
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“Objects that block the view of other objects must be closer”
This is known as…

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The interposition cue

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