3.1-3.3

Question 1

Activation of receptors in the various sensory organs

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sensation

Question 2

Specialized forms of neurons

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sensory receptors

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6 sense organs

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skin, eyes, ears, extrasensory perception, nose, taste buds

Question 4

the smallest difference between two stimuli that is detectable 50 percent of the time.

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Just noticeable difference (jnd or the difference threshold)

Question 5

the smallest amount of energy needed for a person to continuously detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is present.

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Absolute threshold

Question 6

stimuli that are below the level of conscious awareness.

Answer 6

Subliminal Stimuli

Question 7

Just strong enough to activate the sensory receptors but not strong enough for people to be consciously aware of them

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Subliminal Stimuli

Question 8

threshold

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Limin

Question 9

“below the threshold”

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Sublimin

Question 10

“above the threshold”

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Supraliminal

Question 11

process by which subliminal stimuli act upon the unconscious mind, influencing behavior.

Answer 11

Subliminal Perception

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tendency of the brain to stop attending to constant, unchanging information.

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Habituation

Question 13

tendency of sensory receptor cells to become less responsive to a stimulus that is unchanging.

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Sensory Adaptation

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the constant movement of the eyes, tiny little vibrations called that people do not notice consciously; or events sensory adaptation to visual stimuli.

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Microsaccades

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people with autism to display special abilities

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Savants

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a black person that has autism

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Stephen Wiltshire

Question 17

determined by the amplitude of the wave– how high or how low the wave actually is. The higer the wave, the brighter the light will be. Low waves are dimmer.

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Brightness

Question 18

is determined by the length of the wave

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Color - or hue

Question 19

are found at the red end of the visible spectrum

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Long wavelengths

Question 20

are found at the blue end.

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shorter wavelengths

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refers to the purity of the color people see; mixing in black or grap would also lessen the saturation.

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Saturation

Question 22

bench light waves so the image can be focused on the retina. Clear membrane that covers the surface of the eye; protects the eye and is the structure that focuses most of the light coming into the eye.

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Cornea

Question 23

vision-improving technique that uses this fact by making small incisions in the cornea to change the focus in the eye.

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Radial Keratotomy

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next visual layer; clear, watery fluid that is continually replenished and supplies nourishment to the eye.

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Aqueous Humor

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hole through which light from the visual image enters the interior of the eye.

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Pupil

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round muscle (the colored part of the eye) in which the pupil is located; can change the size of the pupil, letting more or less light into the eye; helps focus the image.

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iris

Question 27

another clear structure behind the iris, suspended by muscles; finisshes the focusing process begun by the cornea.

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Lens

Question 28

final stop for light in the eye

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Retina

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Retina ontains 3 layers:

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Ganglion cells Biploar cells Photoreceptors

Question 30

visual sensory receptors found at the back of the retina, responsible for noncolor sensitivity to low levels of light.

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Rods

Question 31

visual sensory receptors found at the back of the retina, responsible for color vision and sharpness of vision.

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Cones

Question 32

area in the retina where the axons of the three layers of retinal cells exit the eye to form the optic nerve, insensitive to light.

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Blind spot

Question 33

the change in the thickness of the lens as the eye focuses on objects that are far away or close.

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Visual Accommodation

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jelly-like fluid called that also nourishes the eye and gives it shape.

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Vitreous Humor

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the recovery of the eye’s sensitivity to visual stimuli in darkness after exposure to bright lights.

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Dark adaptation

Question 36

the recovery of the eye’s sensitivity to visual stimuli in light after exposure to darkness.

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Light Adaptation

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theory of color vision that proposes three tyoes of cones: red, blue, and green.

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Trichromatic Theory

Question 38

images that occur when a visual sensation persists for a brief time even after the original stimulus is removed.

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Afterimages

Question 39

theory of color vision that proposes four primary colors with cones arranged in pairs: red and green, blue and yellow.

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Opponent-process theory

Question 40

either have no cones or have cones that are not working at all.

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Monochrome colorblindness

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either the red or the green cones are not working.

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Red-green colorblindness

Question 42

lack of functioning red cones.

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Protanopia

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lack of functioning green cones.

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Deuteranopia

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lack of functioning blue cones.

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Tritanopia

Question 45

another kind of colorblindness

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Sex-linked inheritance