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mechanism for receiving light and trasmitting it into electrical energy

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eye

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rods for low-light vision and cones for color vision

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retina

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3
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detect patterns and movements

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ganglion cells

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4
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early detection of pattern

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x-cells

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5
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early detection of movement

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y-cells

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indicated how much of view object occupies

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visual angle

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ability to perceive detail
familiar objects perceived as a constant size
cues like overlapping help perception of size and depth

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visual acuity

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subjective reaction to levels of light
affected by luminance of object
measured by just noticeable difference

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brightness

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physical characteristic that is measure by a PHOTOMETER

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luminance

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made up of hue, intensity, satureation

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color

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spectral wavelength of the light

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hue

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brightness of the color

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intensity

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amount of whiteness

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saturation

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small area of the retina where images are fixated

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fovea

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15
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it includes saccades and fixation

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reading

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16
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small movement of the eyes when reading

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saccade

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small pause on a visual target

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fixation

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secondary to sight

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hearing

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protects inner and amplifies sound

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outer ear

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20
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transmit sound waves as vibration

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middle ear

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21
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chemical transmitteres are released

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inner ear

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sound frequency

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pitch

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amplitude

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loudness

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type or quality

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timbre

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provides important feedback about environment
touch
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heat and cold
thermoreceptors
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pain
nociceptors
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pressure
mechanoreceptors
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awareness of body posiiton affects comfort and performance
kinethesis
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dependent on age, fitness, and etc.
movement time
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dependent on stimulus type
reaction time
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descrives the time taken to hit a screen target
fitts' law
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3 TYPES OF MEMORY FUNCTION
sensory memory short-term memory long-term memory
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UNDER SENSORY MEMOR
ionic memory echoic memory haptic memory
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visual stimuli
ionic memory
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aurals stimui
echoic memory
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tactilie stimuli
haptic memory
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concentration of mind
atention
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serial memory of events
episodic
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structured memory of facts, concepts, skills
semantic
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child nodes inherit properties of parents nodes
inheritance
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contain default, fixed or variabvle infos
frame slots
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entry conditions, results, rules, scenes
scripts
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must be satisfied condition
entry condition
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will be true condition after scripot ended
result
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objects involved in the event
props
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actions performed by a particular participant
roles
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sequences of events that occur
scenes
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varaiton on the general pattern to alternative scenario
tracks
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infos from STM to LTM
rehersal
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amount retained proportionally
total time hypothesis
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infost lost gradually but very slowly
decay
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new infos replaces/interfer with the old
interference
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infos i n memory that is assisted by cues
recall
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infos give knowledge
recognition
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common cue to recall infos by scene visualization
vivid/imagery
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3 TYPES OF REASONING
deductive r. inductive r. abductive r.
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derive logically necessary conclusion logical conclusions not necessarily true
deduction
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generalize from cases seen to cases unseen
induction
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reasoning from event to cause
abductive reasoning
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process of finding solution
problem solving
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both productive and reproductive productive shows on insight and restriction of problem
gestalt
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skilled activity characterized by chuncking
skil acquisition
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right intention, but failed to do it right cause: poor physical skill, inattention
slips
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wrong intention cause: incorrect understanding
mistakes
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emotion = interpretations of a psychological response to a stimuli
james-lange
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emotion = psychological response to a stimuli
cannon
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emotion = result of evaluation involves both cognitive and physical response
Schacter-singer
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biological response to physical stimuli
affect
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"Negative affect can make it harder to do even an easy task; positive affect can make it easier to do difficult tasks"
Donald Norman

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