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Transduction

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sensory organs absorb stimuli from the environment

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“Bottom Up” Processing

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interpreting sensory information in real-time
(data driven, focuses on incoming sensory data, takes place real time)

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Sensation

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sensory receptors respond to light, sound, odor, taste and texture and transmit that information back to the brain

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“Top Down” Processing

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processing information through cognition

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Perception

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process where brain activity selects, organizes, and assigns meaning to incoming neural messages sent from sensory receptors

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Threshold

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the minimum strength of a stimuli that is needed to invoke a response

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Absolute Threshold

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the lowest amount of the stimuli required to detect it 50% of the time

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Difference Threshold

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the minimum amount of change to a stimulus that is required before a person will sense a change
a.k.a. -> just noticeable difference (JND)

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Weber’s Law

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the larger or stronger a stimulus the more change is required to notice a difference

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Signal Detection Theory

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the detection of a stimulus depends on both the intensity of the stimulus and the physical and psychological state of the individual
(stimulus intensity, background noise, physical condition, bias, level of motivation)

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Stimulus Adaptation

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the gradual decline in sensitivity to prolonged exposure to a stimulus

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Attention

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concentration of awareness on one or more stimulus to the exclusion of another stimuli

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Selective Attention

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the process of directing our awareness to relevant stimuli while ignoring irrelevant stimuli in the environment

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Inattentional Blindness

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failure to notice a fully visible, but unexpected, object, because attention was engaged on another task

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Auditory System

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the auditory system transduces sound waves into neural messages, which is what we hear

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Pinna

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flap of skin & cartilage attached to head

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Auditory Canal

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where sound waves travel and bounce into ear drum

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Eardrum (tympanic membrane)

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tightly stretched membrane at end of canal, vibrates when hit by sound waves

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Hammar, Anvil, Stirrup

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three tiny bones in middle ear

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Oval Window

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small membrane separating middle ear from inner ear; relays vibration to the cochlea

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Cochlea

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spiral-shaped, fluid-filled structure that contains basilar membrane and hair cells

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Basilar Membrane

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holds hair cell receptors for hearing

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Hair Cells

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sensory receptors embedded in basilar membrane

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Role of Brain

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auditory nerve carries neural messages to the thalamus, then the auditory cortex in the temporal

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Vestibular Sense
sense of balance and equilibrium
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Inner Ear
contains receptors important for maintaining balance
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Semicircular Canals
fluid-filled and lined with hair-like structures that shift response to motion -provide brain with information about posture and head position
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Pitch
how high a sound is a how low a sound is (as you get older the high pitch becomes less acute)
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Light
a form of electromagnetic radiation that travels as a wave
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Amplitude
brightness
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Wavelength
hue or color
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Purity
saturation
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Light enters through the....
cornea
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Order for the Eyes
cornea -> pupil -> iris -> lens -> retina
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Nearsightedness
close objects are seen clearly, and far objects are blurry
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Farsightedness
far objects are seen clearly, and close objects are blurry
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Optic Nerve
made up of axons (nerve fibers) of the retinal ganglion cells from the retina
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Retina contains...
visual receptors - rods and cones
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Rods
visual receptors for night vision and peripheral vision
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Cones
visual receptors for daylight and color vision
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Fovea
tiny spot in the center of the retina that contains only cones - visual activity is greatest at this spot
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Thalamus
the sensory information from all over the body are sent to the areas of the cortex
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Taste and Smell
they respond to chemical molecules rather than forms of energy (difficult to separate)
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Olfaction (smell)
mucous membrane: at top of each nostril contains receptor cells that absorb airborne chemical molecules
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Gustation (taste)
tongue: covered with papillae (bumps) which are covered with taste buds
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4 Major Tastes
-sweet -sour -salty -bitter
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Skin Senses
skin: largest and heaviest organ, protects internal orans, touch, temperature, pain
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Body Senses
provides information about position and orientation of our bodies in space (vestibular sense)
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Somatosensory Cortex
skin sense: touch/pressure receptors - are NOT evenly distributed
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Gate Control Theory
the spinal cord contains a neurological "gate" that either blocks pain signals or allows them to continue on to the brain
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Circadian Rhythms
the 24 hour biological cycles found in humans and other spaces *SLEEP TIME IS AFFECTED BY CIRCADIAN RHYTMN*
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Jet Lag
when you travel and cover multiple time zones, biological clock doesn't automatically change
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EMG
muscular activity and tension
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EOG
eye movement
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REM
rapid eye movement -a deep stage of sleep - hard to wake them
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Non-REM (NREM)
no rapid eye movement
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Sleep Deprivation
allows to experimentally manipulate sleep stages right up to almost complete REM
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REM-Deprivation
lack of sleep
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Slow-wake Deprivation
experience rebound
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Insomnia
chronic problems in getting adequate sleep
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Sleep Apnea
reflexive gasping for air that awakens a person and disrupts
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Nightmares
from REM sleep
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Night Terrors
usually from NREM sleep
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Somnambulism
sleep walking
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REM sleep behavior disorder
RBD
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Dreams occur mostly in....
REM sleep
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Dreaming is a...
"psychotic state"
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Lucid Dreaming
when a person stays in REM in a semi-conscious state and is able to take some control their dreams
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Freud - Psychoanalytic Theory
thought dreams were the "royal road to the unconscious" - meaning that they revealed secrets of the unconscious part of the mind unknown to the conscious mind
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Manifest Content
the remembered story line of the dream
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Latent Content
underlying meaning
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Activation - Synthesis Theory
Mccarley and Hobson during dreaming, the pons generates bursts of action potentials to the forebrain (the activation part) - side effects of beta wave creation
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Information - Processing Theory
Cartwright -allows person to work through everyday problems and emotional issues -allows for creative thinking because dreams are not restrained by logic or realism -stored memories, recent concerns, current emotions, etc.
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Psychoactive Drugs
chemical substances that modify mental, emotional, or behavioral functioning
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Mechanisms of Drug Action
psychoactive drugs work mainly by altering neurotransmitter activity in the brain Ex: cocaine blocks reuptake at DA, NE, and serotonin synapses
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Physical Dependency
a person must continue to take a drug to avoid withdrawal illness
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Psychological Dependency
a person must continue to take a drug to satisfy intense mental and emotional craving for the drug
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Narcotics: (morphine, heroin)
or opiates, are drugs derived from opium that are capable of relieving pain
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Sedatives (depressants)
sleep-inducing drugs that tend to decrease central nervous system activation and behavioral activity Ex: barbiturates, alcohol, anti-anxieties (valium)
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Stimulants (cocaine, amphetamines)
drugs that tend to increase CNS activation and behavioral activity Ex: cocaine, amphetamines, caffeine, nicotine
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Hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, PCP, ecstasy, mushrooms)
a diverse group of drugs that have powerful effects on mental and emotional functioning, marked most notably by distortions in sensory and perceptual experience
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Alcohol (depressant, sedative)
encompasses a variety of beverages containing ethyl alcohol
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Cannabis (also a hallucinogen)
is the hemp plant from which marijuana, hashish, and THC are derived
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MDMA (ecstasy)
a compound drug related to both amphetamines and hallucinogens, especially mescaline
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Tolerance
describes a persons reduced reaction to a drug following its repeated use
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Trichromatic Theory
color vision
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Opponent Process Theory
accounts for a wide range of behaviors (when one emotion is expressed the other is suppressed)
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Afterimage
a visual image that persists after a stimulus is removed

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