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Unit 3 Flashcards

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Perception

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interpretation of the info we obtain through our 5 sense

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Bottom up processing

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takes all sensory info to the brain for processing

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Sensory transduction

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process where you take all the stimuli and it’s translated into neural energy

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Sensation

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info we receive from our 5 senses

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Transducers

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receptor cells that convert the stimuli into neural energy

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Absolute threshold

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minimum amount that can be detected 50% of the time

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Signal Detection Theory

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there are psychological reasons that we’re able to detect

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Difference threshold

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just noticeable difference - measures the difference threshold - needs to be 2%
how much stimuli changes before we notice

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Weber’s law

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not the amount changed but the percentage
the larger and stronger stimuli the more changes needed to detect the difference
ex:sweet tea, loud music

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Sensory activity

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accuracy of our senses

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Perceptual Set

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a way we process the world based off experience, context, motivation, etc

expectations

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Top down processing

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starts at the brain
uses context, prior knowledge to give something meaning

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Inattention Blindness

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become so focused we miss other things

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Sensory adaption

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receptor cells
decline in receptor activity when stimuli is unchanging
ex: getting use to a cold pool

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Sensory habituation

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response
not that you don’t notice anymore but you don’t react anymore

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Subliminal Perception

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perception of stimulus

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Sclera

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gives people red eyes
shape + substance
white part of eye

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Cornea

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protects your eye
first place light enters
the transplantiable organ

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Pupil

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dark circle in your eye
it’s a hole in your eye where light goes
gets bigger and smaller depending on emotion

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Iris

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colored portion of eye
controls pupil
it’s a muscle that controls the opening of the pupil

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Lense

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behind the pupil
allows you to see depth
bends light rays

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Accommodation

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glasses

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Retina

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contains all the receptor cells
damage to retina - go blind

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Rods

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on the outside
brightness and darkness
greyscale

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Cones

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detects color
red blue and green
(bonus - what is the center part of cone answer: fovea)

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Bipolar

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connects to ganglion

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Ganglion cell

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connects to optic nerve

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Optic nerve

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gets everything up to your brain

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Blind spot

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each eye has one that the other compensates for

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Optic chiasm

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where the optic nerves cross

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Thalamus

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Occipital Lobe

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Binocular/ Stereoscope vision

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you have 2 eyes and tg make one image

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Hubel-Wiesel theory

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critical period of age where at the age of 2 your brain has to process vision for develope neurons
bonus - what are the neurons? answer: feature detector

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Parallel processing

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being able to see/do more than one thing at a time
AKA multi-task

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Light + Color

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lightwave in the air

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Visual Spectrum

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colors/wavelengths we are visible too
(color wheel)

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Young Helminte theory

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defect in the cones
(bonus - what color are the cones?
red, green, blue)

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Hering theory/ opponent process theory

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cones are paired the retina one color at the certain point and you cannot at the same moment time see its opposing color

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Depth + Distance Perception

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seeing 3D: developed in infancy

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Walk and Gibson Visual Cliff

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used to measure depth and distance

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Binocular cues

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need both eyes

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Retinal disparity

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by comparing images from two eyes the brain computed the distance
one is closer to

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Convergence

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movement of the eye muscle
going crossed eye

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Monocular cues

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need one eye to detect

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Interposition

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gives the appearance of something being closer + illusion
position infront

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Motion parallax

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  • have to have motion
    things that are closer = moving faster
    things that are farther = moving slower
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Phi phenomenon

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illusion of movement

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Stroboscopic movement

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illusion of movement of still images

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Texture gradient

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amount of detail

closer - you can see the details
father - more blurry

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Linear perspective

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like train tracks idfk

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Relative size

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size, shape and color constancy

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Gestalt perception

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perceive images as a whole

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Figure ground

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identify figure + background

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Law of pagans

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you see things in their simplest form
ex: you don’t see lines and shapes you see a glasses

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Closure

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fill in missing info

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Similarity

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grouping by similarity + grouping principle

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Proximity

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group by how near one another

58
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Law of Continxuly

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we see things as continued

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