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Sensation & Perception Flashcards

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sensation

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the physical processing of environmental stimuli by the sense organs

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perception

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the psychological processing of interpreting sensory information

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What is the process of sensation to perception?

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stimulus → sensory receptors → transduction → neural impulses → perception

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psychophysics

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methods that measure the strength of a stimulus and the observer’s sensitivity to that stimulus

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Who studied psychophysics?

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Gustav Fechner

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absolute threshold

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the smallest amount of stimulation needed for detection by a sense 50% of the time

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True or False:
lower absolute threshold = greater sensitivity

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True

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True or False:
Perception is an all-or-none phenomenon.

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False
happens little by little

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difference threshold/
just noticeable difference

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the minimum difference between two stimuli needed to detect a difference between them 50% of the time

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The more intense the original stimulus, the ___ the amount that needs to be added before a difference is detected.

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larger

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What is the JND?
original: loud music
change: volume up by 3

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high

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What is the JND?
original: quiet music
change: volume up by 3

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low

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top-down processing

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when our perceptions are influenced by our expectations or prior knowledge

perception → sensation

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bottom-up processing

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when we receive individual pieces of sensory information and use them to construct a more complex message

sensation → perception

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signal detection theory

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a response to a stimulus depends on a person’s sensitivity and decision criteria

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stimulus: present
response: present

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hit

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stimulus: absent
response: present

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false alarm

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stimulus: present
response: absent

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miss

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stimulus: absent
response: absent

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correct rejection

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What is the most favorable response in a high-stakes situation?

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false alarms > misses

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sensory adaptation

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diminished sensitivity as a result of constant or recurring stimuli

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What are examples of sensory adaptation?

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  • wearing perfume
  • hearing an air conditioner
  • being aware of wearing clothes
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selective attention

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focusing on one particular task or event over the full picture

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inattentional blindness

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failure to perceive objects that are not the focus of attention

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change blindness

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failure to detect changes to the visual details of a scene

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cornea

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transparent covering of the eye

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pupil

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opening in the eye through which light passes; dilates or constricts to let more or less light in

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lens

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focuses the eye

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retina

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light-sensitive lining of the eye

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fovea

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indentation in the center of the retina with the greatest visual acuity

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What is the process of vision?

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light enters eye → image projected on the retina → transduction → signal travels down optic nerve → thalamus → visual cortex

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transduction

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photoreceptors transform light into a neural signal through ganglion cells

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normal vision

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image focused perfectly on retina

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near-sightedness

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image focused in front of retina

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far-sightedness

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image focused past the retina

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cones

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responsible for color vision

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rods

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responsible for vision in low light

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trichromatic color theory

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3 different cones each sensitive to different wavelengths of light

RGB

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opponent process theory

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we perceive color in opposing pairs
* red/green
* yellow/blue
* white/black

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How do negative afterimages work?

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cells stimulated by a certain color are inhibited until the opposing color is no longer perceived

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feature detectors

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cells that respond selectively to specific features (i.e. lines)

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How is information routed after the visual cortex?

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through visual processing streams to other cortical areas

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dorsal processing stream

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“Where is it?”
sent to parietal lobe

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ventral processing stream

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“What is it?” / “Who is it?”
sent to temporal lobe

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visual agnosia

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inability to recognize objects

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prosopagnosia

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inability to recognize familiar faces

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monocular depth cues

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help us perceive depth using one eye

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binocular depth cues

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help us perceive depth using two eyes

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retinal disparity

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different images received by each eye based on different perspectives

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convergence

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when a person views a nearby object, eyes turn inward

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constancy

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our brain uses depth cues to keep our perception of brightness and size constant

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Carpentered World Hypothesis

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our experience with corners affects our depth perception

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Point of Subjective Equality (PSE)

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the point at which the two lines are seen as equal

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Point of Objective Equality (POE)

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the point at which the two lines are actually equal

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pinna

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outer part of the ear where sound waves enter

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auditory canal

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where sound waves are funneled through

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eardrum

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sound waves strike and cause the ear drum to vibrate

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ossicles

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tiny bones that amplify sound and transmit sound waves to the cochlea

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cochlea

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contains hair cells (auditory receptors) that vibrate the frequency of sound waves and turn them into nerve impulses sent to the auditory nerve

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conductive hearing loss

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damage to the eardrum or ossicles that lead to the failure to amplify sound

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sensorineural hearing loss

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damage to the cochlea or neural patheway that lead to failure to transmit neural signals to the brain

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sound localization

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location of sound determines the timing of when sound hits the left ear vs. right ear first

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multimodal perception

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effect that concurrent stimulation in more than one domain has on perception of events and objects

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What is an example of multimodal perception?

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hearing sound and watching a video at the same time

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synaesthesia

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condition in which perceptual or cognitive activities trigger exceptional sensory experiences

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What is an example of synaesthesia?

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seeing music notes as colors

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