Chapter 6

Question 0

Perception

Answer 0

Process- ORGANIZING and INTERPRETING sensory information (recognize meaningful objects)

Question 1

Sensation

Answer 1

Process- sensory receptors and nervous system RECEIVE AND REPRESENT stimulus energies from our environment.

Question 2

Bottom up processing

Answer 2

Sensory receptors —> Brains integration

Question 3

Minimum stimulation needed to to detect particular stimuli 50% of the time?

Answer 3

Absolute threshold

Question 4

How and when we detect presence of faint stimulus amid background stimulation.

Answer 4

Signal Detection Theory

Question 6

Difference threshold

Answer 6

Minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time. (Noticeable difference)

Question 7

Webers law

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To be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by constant minimum percentage.

Question 9

Sensory adaptation

Answer 9

Diminished sensitivity as a Consequence of constant stimulation

Question 10

Transduction

Answer 10

The conversion of one form of energy to another

Question 11

Psychophysics

Answer 11

The relationship between physical characteristics of stimuli

Question 12

What is a wavelength?

Answer 12

Distance from peak to peak

Question 13

The dimension of color that is determined by wavelength of light.

Answer 13

Hue

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Basilar membrane

Answer 14

In cochlea holds organ corti

Question 15

Below ones absolute threshold?

Answer 15

Subliminal

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Intensity

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The loudness or brightness, determined by amplitude.

Question 17

Pupil

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Adjustable opening on the enter of the eye through which light enters

Question 18

Iris

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The muscular tissue that ford,the colored portion of the eye around pupil and controls size of pupil opening.

Question 19

Lens

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Transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images on retina.

Question 20

Accommodation

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Eye lens changes shape to focus near and far objects on the retina.

Question 22

Acuity

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Sharpness of vision

Question 23

Nearsightedness

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Seeing near things clearly.

Question 24

Farsightedness

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Seeing things farther clearer

Question 25

Rods

Answer 25

Retinal receptors that detect black white and grey.

Question 26

Cones

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Detect fine detail, work well in daylight.

Question 27

Optic nerve

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Carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain

Question 28

Blind spot

Answer 28

Point where optic nerve leaves the eye

Question 29

Fovea

Answer 29

Central focal point in retina

Question 30

Feature detectors

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Nerve cells in brain that respond to ANGLE SHAPE MOVEMENT.

Question 31

Processes several aspects of a problem simultaneously.

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Parallel processing.

Question 32

Young helmholtz trichromatic theory

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3 different color receptors. Red green blue.

Question 33

Opposing colors enable color vision.

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Opponent process theory

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Color constancy

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Perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color.

Question 35

Audition

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Sense or act of hearing.

Question 36

Frequency

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of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a certain amount of time.

Question 37

Pitch

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Tones highness or lowness found by frequency

Question 38

Middle ear

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3 tiny bones ( HAMMER ANVIL STIRRUP)

Question 39

Cochlea

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Coiled bony fluid filled tube in inner ear (sound waves trigger nerve impulses)

Question 40

Place theory

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Links pitch and place where the cochlea membrane is stimulated.

Question 41

Frequency theory

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Rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of tone.

Question 42

Caused by damage to the mechanical system that CONDUCTS sound waves to the cochlea

Answer 42

Conduction hearing loss

Question 43

Sensorineural hearing loss

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Caused by damage to the cochlear receptor cells or to the auditory nerve

Question 44

Cochlear implant.

Answer 44

Device using electrical signals stimulates the auditory nerve.

Question 45

Gate control theory

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Neurological gate in spinal cord that blocks pain when going into shock.

Question 46

McGurke effect

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Interaction between hearing vision and speech perception.

Question 47

Sensory interaction

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One sense influencing others

Question 48

Sensory compensation

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Ex. When deaf you sight is increased One helps other

Question 49

Kinesthesis

Answer 49

System for sensing body position and movement of individual body parts.

Question 50

Blindsight

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Destruction in visual cortex causing blindness in a part of vision.

Question 51

Vestibular sense

Answer 51

Sense of the body movement position and balance.

Question 52

Inner ear

Answer 52

Contrails cochlea semicircular canals and vestibular sacs

Question 54

Activation, often unconscious, of certain association predisposing PERCEPTION, MEMORY, RESPONSE

Answer 54

Priming

Question 68

Prosopagnosia

Answer 68

Damage to the brain making person unable to recognize familiar faces.