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Unit 4 (Sensation and Perception) Flashcards

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Sensation

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The action of detecting external stimuli and converting those stimuli into neural responses

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Perception

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Cognitive process that involves the selection, organization, and interpretation of stimuli

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Our five senses

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Vision, Hearing (audition), Taste (gustation), Smell (olfaction), Skin senses (position senses)

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Sensory receptors

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Convert sources of sensory stimuli, such as light and sound, into neural impulses

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Sensory transduction

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Conversion of environmental energy into a neural response

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Absolute sensory threshold

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Smallest amount of a stimulus that can be reliably detected (is something there)

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Difference sensory threshold

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Smallest difference between the stimulus that can be reliably detected (is something else there)

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Selective attention (change blindness)

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Only seeing certain things and not noticing when something else changes

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Weber’s Law

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The amount you must change a stimulus to detect a difference is given by a constant fraction of the original stimulus

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Signal detection theory

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Predicts when we will detect weak signals

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Sensory adaptation

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Process by which sensory receptors adapt to constant stimuli by becoming less sensitive to them

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Habituation

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Adapt over time to a stimulus. This is something which the body learns to ignore

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Vision stimuli

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Light (wave of electromagnetic energy)

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Pupil

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Hole in iris

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Cornea

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Outer layer at front of eye

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Iris

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Pigmented muscles

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Ciliary muscle

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Change shape of the lens

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Lens

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Bends light to focus it on the retina

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Retina

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Neural tissue that transduces light energy into neutral impulse

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Optic nerve

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Collection of neurons that transmit signals from retina to the brain

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Fovea

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Region of retina with highest acuity

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Optic Disk (blind spot)

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Point where optic nerve leaves eye

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Photoreceptor cells

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Sensory receptor cells for light

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Rods

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For dim light vision

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Cones

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For bright light and color vision (high acuity)

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Trichromatic Theory (colorblindness)

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The eye contains 3 distinct receptors for color: Red, Blue, and Green. By the combination of all three, all colors can be produced

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Dichromatism

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Patients lack one type of cone

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Opponent Process theory (afterimages)

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The eye contains 3 pairs of visual mechanisms that respond to different wavelengths of light. Each is capable of responding to either of the two hues, but not both at the same time

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Hearing stimuli

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Wave of changes in air pressure

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Wavelength

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Pitch

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Amplitude

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Loudness

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Wave purity

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Timbre

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Cochlea

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Structure of inner ear that contains hair cells, the sensory receptor sells for sound

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Outer Ear

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Pinna, Auditor canal, Eardrum

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Middle Ear

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Ossicles (small bones)

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Ossicles

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Hammer (malleus), Anvil (incus), Stirrup (stapes)

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Inner Ear

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Cochlea, Semicircular canals, Vestibular sacs

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Chemical Senses

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Monitor the chemical environment (taste and smell)

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Qualities of taste

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Sweetness, Saltiness, Sourness, Bitterness, Umami (meat)

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Taste buds

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Sensory receptor cells for taste that are located on the tounge

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Smell stimuli

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Chemicals in the air

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Hair Stimuli

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Sensory receptor cells for smell that are located high in the nasal cavity (can regenerate, making them unique natural cells)

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Skin Senses

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Touch, Pressure, Warmth, Cold, Pain

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Skin

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Contains sensory receptor cells that code for touch, pressure, warmth, cold, and pain (somatosensory cortex)

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Kinesthetic Sense

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Tells us about movement of body parts and their position in relation to each other. Receptors in joints, ligaments, and muscles.

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Vestibular Sense

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Tells us about balance and the position of the body in space. Receptors in semicircular canals and vestibular sacs of the inner ear.

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Paying Attention

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What determines which stimuli attract your attention and what gets ignored?

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Salient detail

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A detail that captures attention

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Peripheral detail

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A detail that does not draw our attention, makes up the perceptual background

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Stimulus Factors

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Those that make some stimuli more compelling than others (Contrast, Intensity, Size, Motion, Repetition)

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Personal Factors

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Characteristics of a perceiver that influence which stimuli get attached to (What we perceive is influenced by out past experience, expectations, and motivation)

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Mental set

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When we are predisposed to perceive something

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Bottom-Up Processing

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When what we perceive is determined by the pieces of information we recieve

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Top-Down Processing

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When what we perceive is determined by what the perceiver already knows

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Law of Proximity

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Group of stimuli based on proximity

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Law of Similarity

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Grouping

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Ocular Cues

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Built into visual system

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Binocular Cues

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Two eyes (retinal disparity, convergence)

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Retinal Disparity

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Each eye has a different picture and the brain is able to put those two images together to make one

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Convergence

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When something gets closer, the eyes point inward to focus on that thing

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Monocular Cues

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Only one eye (accommodation, physical cues)

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Accommodation

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Muscles in the eyes send signals about shape of the lens to the brain

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Physical Cues

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Linear perspective, Interposition, Relative size, Texture gradient, Patterns of shading, Motion parallax

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Linear Perspective

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Parallel lines seem to converge in the distance

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Interposition

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Things blocking something have to be closer than what it is blocking

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Relative Size

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Things closer to us seem bigger than things farther away

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Texture gradient

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You can see the texture of things that are closer, better

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Patterns of Shading

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Help with introposition

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Motion Parallax

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When you are moving, things closer to you get blurred, while things farther away stay somewhat stationary

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Perceptual Constancies

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Allows you to perceive aspects of your world as constant, despite the fact that the image displayed on the retina may change (Size constancy, Shape constancy, Brightness constancy, Color constancy)

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