Unit 4: Sensation & Perception

Question 1

Eleanor Gibson

Question 2

Hubel & Wiesel

Question 3

Ernst Weber

Answer 3

studied JND

Question 4

Gustav Fechner

Answer 4

Expanded on weber’s thinking. Studied absolute threshold

Question 5

Absolute threshold

Answer 5

The lowest level of stimuli that a person can detect

Question 6

JND/ Just noticeable difference/ Difference threshold

Answer 6

the smallest difference difference between two stimuli

Question 7

Weber’s law

Answer 7

The difference between the stimuli

Question 8

Sensory adaptation

Answer 8

Constant unchanging information is ignored by resepotors

No response to stimuli

Question 9

Sensory habituation

Answer 9

How the brain deals with Unchanging information. sensory receptors are still responding to stimuli
(ignoring air conditioning)

Question 10

Selective attention

Answer 10

Ability to focus on one stimulus

Question 11

Inattentional Blindness

Answer 11

When we focus on one thing we often fail to see whats right in front of us

Question 12

Kinesthesia

Answer 12

Body’s sense of movement and position in space

movement and location of arms, legs, muscles, and joints

Question 13

Proprioception

Question 14

vestibular sense

Question 15

Monocular depth cues - Linear perspective & Interposition

Question 16

Binocular depth cues- convergence & retinal disparity

Question 17

Gestalt principles: figure ground & continuity