Sensation and Perception Flashcards
(103 cards)
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sensation
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process where sensory receptors & nervous systems receive & represent stimulus energies from environment
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perception
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bottom-up processing
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top-down processing
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selective attention
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cocktail party effect
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inattentional blindness
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change blindness
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what are the 3 steps that are basic to all of our sensory systems? All of our senses…
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transduction
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psychophysics
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absolute thresholds
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signal detection theory
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subliminal
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priming
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difference threshold
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Weber’s Law
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sensory adaptation
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perceptual set
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extrasensory perception (ESP)
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parapsychology
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Wavelength
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what does wavelength determine (vision)
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hue
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amplitude
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what does amplitude determine (vision)
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intensity
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cornea
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pupil
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iris
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lens
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retina
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accomodation
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rods
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cones
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bipolar cells
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ganglion cells
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optic nerve
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blind spot
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fovea
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after being processed in the retina, the optic nerve carries vision info to what part of the brain
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feature detectors
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parallel processing
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young-helmholtz trichromatic theory
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3 colors our eyes are sensitive to?
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what causes colorblindness
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opponent process theory
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3 sets of colors:
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afterimages
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gestalt
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grouping
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proximity
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continuity
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closure
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depth perception
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visual cliff
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binocular depth cues
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retinal disparity
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monocular cues
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relative height
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relative size
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interposition
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relative motion
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linear perspective
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light and shadow
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phi phenomenon
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perceptual constancy
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color constancy
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perceptual adaptation
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audition
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amplitude determines what? (hearing)
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frequency determines what? (hearing)
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what is sound measured in?
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eardrum
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3 bones in the middle ear
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cochlea
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summary of hearing: vibrations cause the cochlea's membrane to shake. this causes ripples in the ___ bending the ___ lining its surface. Hair cells convert the messages into neurons that are sent by the __ to the thalamus, then onto the ___ cortex in the ___ lobe.
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sensorineural hearing loss
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conduction hearing loss
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cochlear implant
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how do we interpret loudness of a sound
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place theory
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frequency theory
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volley principle
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what are the 4 distinct skin senses that make up touch
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why do we need to feel pain
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gate control theory
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what are phantom limb sensations
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2 examples of psychological influences of pain
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2 examples of social-cultural influences of pain
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what are the 5 basic tastes
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taste is a chemical sense? how does taste work
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scientific name for smell
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what part of the brain does smell bypass
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do we have a distinct receptor for each detectable odor
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kinesthesia
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vestibular sense
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where are the biological pars for your sense of equilibrium located
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sensory interaction
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embodied cognition
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synesthesia
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McGurk effect
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semicircular canals
