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Sensation & Perception Flashcards

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Sensation

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The process by our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment (PNS)

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Perception

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Process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful events (CNS)

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Sensory adaptation

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Sensitivity to prolonged stimulation tends to decline over time as an organism adapts to current (unchanging) conditions [stop noticing]

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Habituation

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Decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentation [stop reacting]

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Psychophysics

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Methods that ensure the strength of a stimulus and the observer’s sensitivity to the stimulus

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Sensitivity

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How responsive to faint stimuli

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Acuity

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How well we can distinguish two very similar stimuli

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Absolute threshold

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Minimum stimulus energy needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time

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Just noticeable difference (JND)

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Minimal change in a stimulus that can just barely be detected

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Weber’s law

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Magnitude needed to detect physical change in a stimulus is proportional to the absolute magnitude of that stimulus

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Signal detection theory

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Psychological theory predicting how and when we detect a faint stimulus (signal) amid background stimulation (noise)

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Perceptual set

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Readiness to perceive a stimulus in a particular way

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Myopia (nearsightedness)

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Faraway objects are focused in front of retina

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Hyperopia (farsightedness)

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Nearby objects are focused beyond retina

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Cones

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Center of retina, cells sensitive to fine detail and color

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Rods

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Periphery of retina, cells sensitive to low light and black-and-white

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Blindspot

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Location in the visual field that produces no sensation on the retina

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Trichromatic theory

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Thomas Young & Hermann von Helmholtz - Color perception is produced by red, green, and blue color receptors

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Perceptual constancy

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Even as aspects of sensory signals change, perception remains constant (door opening)

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Perceptual contrast

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Although two things may be similar we perceive them as different (blue/black dress vs white/gold dress)

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Gestalt perceptual grouping rules

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Simplicity, closure, continuity, similarity, proximity, common fate

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Monocular depth cues

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Linear perspective, texture gradient, interposition, relative height

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Binocular depth cues

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Retinal disparity (retinas receive different images) & convergence (Cue caused by the way our eye muscles turn our eyes inward)

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Outer ear

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Pinna, auditory canal

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Middle ear

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ossicles, eardrum, oval window

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Inner ear

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Cochlea, auditory nerve, hair cells, basilar membrane

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Place theory

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Pitch we perceive depends on which parts of cochlea are stimulated

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Frequency theory

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Perception of pitch depends on frequency of vibration of cochlea

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Sensorineural hearing loss

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Damage to cochlea or hair cells

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Conduction hearing loss

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Damage to outer or middle ear

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Vestibular sense

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Awareness of body balance and movement (sense of equilibrium) Thanks to semicircular canals and vestibular sacs

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Kinesthesis

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Sense that provides info through receptors in muscles, tendons, joints

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Haptic perception

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Active exploration of environment by touching and grasping objects

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Tactile receptive field

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Small patch of skin that relates information about pain, pressure, warmth, and cold

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Smell (olfaction)

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Includes nose, mouth, upper part of throat

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Nociceptors

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Sensory receptor for painful stimuli (C fibers, slow/small, A fibers, fast/large)

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