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unit 3: sensation and perception Flashcards

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sensation

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raw information that comes from the senses

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perception

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the process through which people take raw sensations from the environment and give them meaning

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bottom-up processing

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information processing of analyzing raw stimuli then processing it

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top-down processing

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information processing that draws on experience to interpret new sensory information

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absolute threshold

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the weakest amount of stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time

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signal-detection theory

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a theory that predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amidst background noise

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subliminal

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below your absolute threshold

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priming

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exposure to one stimulus influencing how one responds to a subsequent stimulus

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difference threshold

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aka, just noticeable difference. the minimum amount of difference needed to detect a change in stimulus 50% of the time

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weber’s law

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two stimuli have to differ by a constant minimum percentage to be perceived as different

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fechnor’s law

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constant increases in physical energy will produce smaller increases in perceived magnitude

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sensory adaptation

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our diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus

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transduction

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conversion of one form of energy to another

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what does wavelength in light determine?

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hue/color

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what is the order of longest to shortest wave length colors?

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red > orange > yellow > green > blue > indigo > violet

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what does amplitude in light determine?

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brightness of color

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cornea

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covers and protects the eye

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pupil

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opening in the eye behind the cornea which light passes through

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iris

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gives color to the eye and adjusts the amount of light entering it

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lens

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behind the pupil that focuses the light into the retina

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retina

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at the back of the eye which lens focuses light rays into

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blind spot

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the pint at which the optic nerve leaves the eye because no receptor cells are there

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what is the path that light follows when entering the eye?

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light ➔ cornea ➔ pupil ➔ lens ➔ retina

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visual acuity

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the sharpness of vision

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accommodation

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the process by which the eye’s lens changes shape to focus objects on the retina

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rods

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retinal receptors that detect monochrome colors. necessary for peripheral and twilight vision

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cones

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receptor cells concentrate near the center of the retina. functions in daylight and detects color

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optic nerve

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the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain

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feature detectors

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nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of stimulus

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parallel processing

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processing of incoming stimulus simultaneously

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what two theories explain how we see color?

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the young-helmholtz trichromatic theory and the opponent-process theory

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young-helmholtz trichromatic theory

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color theory that the human eye has 3 types of receptors each sensitive to one of the primary colors (red, blue, green)

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opponent-process theory

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color theory that opposing retinal processes enable color vision, the opposites turning on and off (ex. red on, green off, green on, red off)

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audition

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the sense of hearing

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what does amplitude in sound waves determine?

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loudness of noise

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what does frequency in sound waves determine?

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pitch

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pinna

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ear flap

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auditory ear canal

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conducts sound through the external ear to the eardrum

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ear drum

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aka, the tympanic membrane. separates the outer ear from the middle ear, transofmrs pressure waves of sounds into mechanical vibrations

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middle ear

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made up of the hammer, anvil, and stirrup that transmits sound vibrations from the ear drum to the oval window

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oval window

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in the wall of the cochlea

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semicircular canals

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three-looped tubular channels in the inner ear that detects movements of the head and balance

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cochlea

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filled with fluids and small hairs that vibrates to incoming sounds and generate neural impulses that are transmitted to the brain

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basilar membrane

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floor of fluid that runs through the cochlea. filled with cilia (hair cells)

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auditory nerve

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nerves that carry stimuli from hair cells to the temporal lobe

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place theory

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theory that links the pitch we hear to the place where the cochlea’s membrane is stimulated

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frequency theory

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theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone

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conductive deafness

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occurs due to damage to the middle ear. can be treated with a hearing aid

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sensorineural deafness

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occurs due to damage to the inner ear. can be treated with a cochlear implant

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gate-control theory

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theory stating that there is a “gate” in the spinal cord that either lets pain impulses travel upward to the brain or blocks its progress

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gustation

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sense of taste

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what chemical senses make up taste?

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sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami

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olfaction

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sense of smell

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kinesthesis

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the system for sensing the position & movement of your body parts

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vestibular sense

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monitor’s the head’s position and movement. receptors are located in the semi-circular ear canals

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selective attention

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focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

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cocktail-party effect

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the ability to attend to one of several speech streams while ignoring others. also being able to hear one’s name in those speech streams

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inattentional blindness

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failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

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change blindness

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the inability to notice changes in the visual array between one scene to another

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change deafness

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the inability to notice changes in auditory stimuli

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choice blindness

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the inability to notice changes in choices

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visual capture

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the tendency for vision to dominate all other senses

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stroboscopic motion

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the illusion of movement produced by showing rapid progression of images or objects that are not moving at all

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phi phenomenon

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an illusion of apparent movement when two lights flash on and off in quick succession

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perceptual constancy

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the ability to maintain a perception of the properties of an object regardless of changes to the stimulus

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perceptual set

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a predisposition to perceive a stimulus in a certain way

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