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Trichromatic theory

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Blue, red, green cones; can’t explain afterimages or colorblindness

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Opponent process theory

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Red/green, yellow/blue, black/white; explains after images and colorblindness

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Place theory

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Depending on the frequency, different hairs in different locations will respond

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Frequency theory

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Hair cells fire at different rates in cochlea based on pitch

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Gate control theory

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Pain messages might override another

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Papille

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Bumps where taste buds are located

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Types of tastes

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sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami

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Vestibular sense

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Orientation in space, semicircular canals

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Kinesthetic sense

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overall orientation of body, position, and body parts

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Absolute threshold

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Smallest stimulus we can detect

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Subliminal

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Below absolute threshold

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Difference threshold

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Smallest change to notice a difference

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Weber’s Law

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Difference threshold is determined by a proportion

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Signal-detection theory

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Discern info from distractions

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Top-down processing

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Fill in the gaps, faster, prone to error

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Schemas

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Mental representations

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Perceptual set

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Predisposition to perceiving something

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Bottom-up processing

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Features build up a perceptions; slower, more accurate

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Gestalt

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Groups of objects, closure, proximity, similarity, continuity

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Stroboscopic effect

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Flip books

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Phi phenomenon

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Lights blinking

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Autokinetic effect

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Spot of light in a dark room looks like it’s moving

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Monocular depth cues

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Linear perspective, relative size, interposition (blocking), texture gradient, shadowing

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Binocular cues

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Binocular disparity (more difference=closer), convergence (eyes move towards center for nearer objects

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