Sensory

Question 1

Exteroceptors

Answer 1

responds to stimuli from the outside world

Question 2

Interoceptors

Answer 2

responds to stimuli from within the body

Question 3

Absolute Threshold

Answer 3

level of intensity that a stimulus must have in order to be picked up by sensory neurons

Question 4

Threshold of Conscious Perception

Answer 4

threshold of a stimulus that we can perceive as being different

Question 5

Bottom-Up Processing

Answer 5

pattern of perception where the brain starts with individual pieces of sensory information and assembles them into a coherent whole

Question 6

Top-Down Processing

Answer 6

brain decides what it is looking for ahead of time then assembles individual pieces in a way that supports the picture

Question 7

Principle of Proximity

Answer 7

we perceive shapes or objects that are close to each other as forming groups

Question 8

Principle of Similarity

Answer 8

objects that are similar in some way will be perceived as belonging in a group

Question 9

Principle of Good Condition

Answer 9

if multiple objects intersect or overlap, we tend to perceive them as relatively few uninterrupted objects

Question 10

Principle of Closure

Answer 10

we infer the presence of complete shapes even when they are incomplete

Question 11

Principle of Symmetry

Answer 11

symmetrical objects are more likely to be perceived as part of a whole than asymmetrical objects