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Sensation and Perception (6-8%) Flashcards

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Subliminal Threshold

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advertising aimed at influencing someone without the persons conscious awareness
sub-below
limen- threshold
ex; movie theater, KFC sandwich

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BInocular Fusion

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combination of two images into one
-vision from both eyes
-depth perception

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Sound Intensity

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measured in decibels

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Gestalt’s Ideas

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similarity, proximity, continuity, closure

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Perceptual Inference

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perceptions not based entirely on current sensory information but experience
(top-down processing)
ex; dog barking when you knock
-is largely automatic and unconscious and depends on active involvement and prior experience

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Psychophysics

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study of the relationship between sensory experiences and stimuli

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Stimulants

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any aspect of change in the environment that causes an organism to respond
ex; light, sound waves, chemicals

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Sensation

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initial electrical activity produced by a stimulus
-anytime a stimulus activates one of your sense receptors
ex; colors, forms, sounds, smells, tastes

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Sensory Transduction

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when sensory cells located in the sense organs detect a stimulus, they convert energy of the stimulus into electrical impulses that travel along nerves to the brain
-when an outside stimulus changes to an electrical impulse

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Perception

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organization of sensory information into meaningful stimuli based on past experiences
-meaningful
ex; I smell the pizza…this is good

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Thalamus

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directs info to correct area of cerebral cortex

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Threshold

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amount of a stimulus necessary for a person to sense it at all
ex; how much energy to hear a sound

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Absolute Threshold

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the minimum amount of physical energy required to produce a sensation (can be detected correct 50% of the time)

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Difference Threshold

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minimum amount of energy change required to produce a change in sensation

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Weber’s Law

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the larger or stronger a stimulus begins, the larger the change required for an observer to notice
-measures difference threshold

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Sensory Adaptation

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senses are turned to change and are most responsive to increases and decreases of stimulation
-senses get used to constant level of stimulation
ex; smell of own home

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False Positive (motivation in senses)

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individuals make an unconscious decision to notice a stimulus
ex; making body think there is a deer

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False Negative

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not perceiving a stimulus that is present

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Signal Detection Theory

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studies the relations between motivation, sensitivity, and decision making
-threshold will change based on the criteria
-says there is no absolute threshold because of variables like noise or exhaustion

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Vision (visual spectrum)

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light is the stimulus for vision
light is a wave form of radiant energy
most studied of all senses

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Characteristics of Light

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hue(color)- wavelength
amplitude(brightness)- height of the waves
saturation(purity)- complexity of waves

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Process of Vision

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enters cornea, then pupil, iris, lens, retina, rods and cones, fovea, bipolar to ganglion, axons, optic nerve, occipital lobe

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Cornea

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protective covering of the eye

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Pupil

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opening in the eye

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Iris
opens and closes the pupil to allow more or less light
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Lens
focuses/magnifies
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Retina
back of inner eye that contain 2 types of light sensitive receptors
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Rods
only exist on the outer part of the retina, night vision, movement, many more rods (75 to 150 million) to see in low light conditions
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Cones
work best in the daylight, middle of retina, (6 to 7 million), and color
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Fovea
greatest visual acuity in bright light because the fovea is made of only cones -most bright light
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Ganglion Cells
rods and cones are connected to the ganglion cells by bipolar cells -neurons in retina that gather information from the bipolar cells are called ganglion cells, their axons create the optic nerve
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Order of Cells
ganglion, bipolar, cones, rods
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Blind Spot
is where the optic nerve leaves the eye (no rods or cones)
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Optic Chiasm
where the nerves cross each other in the eye
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Monocular
single eye vision
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Trichromatic Theory
one cone for blue, one cone for red, one cone for for green, these combine to produce all colors how we see color
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Opponent Process Theory
visual system treat pairs of colors as opposing; explains after images -if you are staring at something red the look away you see green -or see an image somewhere else
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Characteristics of Sound Waves
amplitude(loudness)- height of waves frequency(pitch)- how many waves in a time period timbre(purity)- complexity of a wave- telling one voice from another
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Process of Sound
pinna, auditory canal, ear drum, ossicles, oval window, cochlea, cilia, auditory nerve, cochlear nerve, temporal lobe
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Pinna
acts as funnel for sound waves which then enter the auditory canal
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Ear Drum/Ossicles
contains the 3 ossicles (hammer, anvil, stirrup)
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Oval Window
a membrane that forms the barrier between the fluid, inner ear and the rest of the ear
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Cochlea
sound waves are transferred into the fluid in the cochlea that is lined by the basilar membrane which is lined with sense receptors called cilia
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Transduction Points
retina and cochlea
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Cilia
sense receptors from the beginning of the auditory nerve which then sends info to the temporal lobes -hair like
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Place Theory
we hear different frequencies of sound because of where the cilia are located in the cilia
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Frequency Theory
we sense pitch because the hair like cells fire at different rates in the cochlea
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Conduction Deafness
obstruction of the auditory canal or damage to the ear drum or ossicles -outer ear -ear plugs causing on purpose -corrected by hearing aids
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Nerve Deafness
caused by repeated exposure to loud noises -inner ear
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Sound Localization
sound reaches one ear faster and louder than the other ear and tells us where the sound is coming from -hard to determine when the sound is directly behind you
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Vestibular System
the body's sense of balance in the inner ear -3 semicircular canals tell your body how it is moving
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Olfactory Nerve
chemical molecules hit the smell receptors in the inner nose and are transported to the brain
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Olfactory Bulb
connects to the amygdala and then to the hippocampus -explains why smell triggers memory
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Pheromones
chemicals that produce odor used as a method of communication between organisms
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Taste Buds
tongue has around 9,000 taste buds on it -taste buds are in mouth and throat and are housed in papillae -regenerate every 7-10 days -much of taste comes from our sense of smell
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Umami
savory associated with some meat, vegetables and cheese
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5 Taste Sensations
sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami
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Tasters
taster; normal taste non taster; does not respond to taste like a taster food all seems bland super taster; all food has a very string flavor -comes from genetics
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Infants Avoid
infants avoid sour or bitter food -evolutionary psychology believes this protects them from potential poisons in the environment
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Skin Senses
pressure(pain) and temperature come from receptors in skin -some receptors are highly concentrated (fingertips) -others have few receptors (middle of your back or calf)
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Pain
makes it possible for you to prevent damage to your body -emergency system that demands immediate action
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Gate Control Theory
experience of pain depends on whether the message gets past the neurological "gate" in the spinal cord -thoughts and feelings can affect our reaction to pain
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Phantom Pain (neuromatrix theory)
brain can generate pain on its own external stimulation -about 1/3 of amputees report phantom limb pain
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Kinesthesis
sense of movement and body position -works with vestibular and visual senses to maintain posture and balance -receptors located in muscles, tendons, joints -walk without looking at feet -allows movement without looking at limbs
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Vertigo
perceptual disability where people have a hard time connecting a letter with a appropriate sound -sometimes reversed -trouble with left and right physical coordination
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Gestalt Psychology
the whole is greater than the sum of its parts -fill in gaps to make sense of our world
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Top-Down Processing Theory
what we already know affects what we perceive
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Bottom-Up Processing
states the mind constructs perception mechanically from raw sensations -horizontal and vertical lines, curves, motion and so on builds a picture in our minds -infants
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Figure-Ground Perception
ability to discriminate between figure and its background
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Held Hein Experiment
knows the importance of playing an active role in experiencing one's environment -ongoing visual experience especially in the early formative years is critical for normal development of the visual system(other senses too) ex; cat in box
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Depth Perception (convergence)
the ability to recognize distances and 3D -develops in infancy (visual cliff) -need both eyes
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Motion Parallax
when you move your head from side to side or walk around the apparent movement of a stationary object relative to another -relative motion ex; objects in the nearby field seem to be moving faster than objects that are farther away
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Visual Cues
interposition (closest covers another), texture density/gradient, atmospheric perspective
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Constancy
perceiving objects in the same way regardless of their distance, angle, lighting
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Muller-Lyer Illusion
this illusion happens because of your perceptual experiences throughout your life dealing with corners
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Illusion
misrepresentation of physical stimuli
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Cocktail Party Effect
your ability to follow one voice in a loud area -you hear someone say your name and immediately perceive it
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Extra Sensory Perceptions/Telepathy
perceiving information about the world through means other than senses

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