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Sensation

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Activation of receptors in various sense organs

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Subliminal Sensation

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Sensation occurring below the level of conscious awareness

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Sensory Receptors

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Specialized forms of neurons

Stimulus: Activated by different kinds of energy, not neurotransmitters

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Transduction

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Conversion of external stimuli (energy) to neural activity

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Subliminal Stimuli

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Stimuli that activate sensory receptors but are not strong enough for conscious awareness

Note: Below any just noticeable difference

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Subliminal Perception

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Process by which subliminal stimuli influence behavior through the unconscious mind

Example: Implicit association cues

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Habituation

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The brain’s tendency to stop attending to constant, unchanging information

Nature: A learned process; often described as ‘tuning it out’

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Sensory Adaptation

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Decreased responsiveness of sensory receptor cells to a constant, unchanging stimulus

Nature: A biological shift in sensory perception

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Retina

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Final stop for light in the eye

Layers:
1. Ganglion cells
2. Bipolar cells
3. Photoreceptors (respond to light waves)

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Surgical Techniques- Cornea

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PRK: Photoreactive keratectomy

LASIK: Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

Both techniques involve incisions in the cornea to improve vision

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Cornea

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Definition: Clear membrane covering the eye’s surface

Functions:
-Protects the eye
-Focuses most incoming light

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Cones

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Responsible for color vision and visual sharpness

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Rods

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Give us good vision in low-level light.

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Afterimages

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Visual sensations that persist briefly after the original stimulus is removed

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Blind Spot

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Area in the retina where axons exit to form the optic nerve

Characteristic: Insensitive to light

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Trichromatic Theory

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Color vision based on three types of cones

Cone Types:
1. Red
2. Blue
3. Green

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Opponent-Process Theory

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Color vision theory with four primary colors arranged in pairs

Color Pairs:
1. Red and Green
2. Blue and Yellow

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Monochrome Color Blindness

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A condition where a person has no functioning cones or has cones that do not work at all

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Conduction Hearing Impairment

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Impairment resulting from problems in the outer or middle ear.

Causes:

Damaged Eardrum: Prevents sound waves from being carried into the middle ear properly.

Damage to Middle Ear Bones: Sound cannot be conducted from the eardrum to the cochlea.

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Place Theory

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Theory stating that different pitches are experienced by the stimulation of hair cells in different locations on the organ of Corti.

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Pitch

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The perceived frequency of a sound, determining how high or low it sounds.

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Red-Green Color Blindness

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A condition where either the red or the green cones are not functioning

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Frequency Theory

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Theory suggesting that pitch is related to the speed of vibrations in the basilar membrane.

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Nerve Hearing Impairment

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Impairment resulting from damage to the inner ear or auditory pathways.

Causes:

Damage in the Inner Ear: Affects the cochlea or hair cells.

Damage in Auditory Pathways: Affects the brain areas responsible for processing sound.

Note: Any sensory impairment may have structural or neurological (neurophysiological) bases.

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Somesthetic Senses
Body senses related to physical sensations. Components: Skin senses, kinesthetic sense, vestibular senses. Etymology: "Soma" = body, "esthetic" = feeling.
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Skin Senses
Types: Touch: Detects texture and pressure. Pressure: Sensation of force applied to the skin. Temperature: Sensing heat and cold. Pain: Signaled by specialized receptors (e.g., nociceptors). Function: Touch senses texture through pressure mechanisms.
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Vestibular Senses
Sensations related to body movement and balance. Function: Detects movement and body position relative to gravity. Major Organs: Utricle, saccule, and three semicircular canals (posterior, superior, horizontal).
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Kinesthetic Sense
Sense of the location of body parts and movement. Features: Position Awareness: Understanding limbs' position relative to each other. Force Exertion: Sense of how much force is being applied. Receptors: Proprioceptors found in fascia, tendons, and joints.
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Differences Between Kinesthetic and Vestibular Senses
Kinesthetic Sense: Involves location of body parts and movement. Vestibular Sense: Involves balance and body position.
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Perception
Method by which sensations are interpreted and organized meaningfully at any given moment.
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Sensory Conflict Theory
Definition: Explains motion sickness. Mechanism: Conflicts arise between visual information and vestibular senses. Symptoms: Dizziness, nausea, and physical discomfort.
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Perception: Constancies
Principles that help us perceive objects as stable despite changes in sensory input.
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Size Constancy
Tendency to interpret an object as maintaining the same size regardless of its distance from the observer.
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Gestalt Principles
Our brains tend to order visual experiences in efficient, recognizable ways.
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Shape Constancy
Tendency to perceive the shape of an object as constant, even when its shape changes on the retina due to perspective.
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Brightness Constancy
Tendency to perceive an object's brightness as constant even under varying light conditions.
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Figure–Ground
Tendency to perceive objects/figures as existing on a background.
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Reversible Figures
Visual illusions where the figure and ground can be reversed.
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Focal Point
Elements that stand out visually capture and hold the viewer’s attention first.
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Gestalt Principles of Grouping
Five basic space-related grouping tendencies.
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Proximity (Nearness)
Objects close to each other are perceived as part of the same group.
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Closure
Tendency to complete figures that are incomplete; filling in details.
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Similarity
Things that look similar are perceived as part of the same group.
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Continuity
Perceiving things as simply as possible, following a continuous pattern rather than a complex one.
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Common Region
Tendency to perceive objects in a common area as being part of a group.
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Contiguity
Tendency to perceive two things happening close together in time as related; linked to excitation transfer in aggression.
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Perceptual Illusions
Visual phenomena where perception differs from reality.
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Hermann Grid
An illusion possibly due to the response of the primary visual cortex, creating spots at the intersections that disappear.
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Müller-Lyer Illusion
Illusion of line length distorted by inward- or outward-turning corners on the ends, causing lines of equal length to appear different.
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Perceptual Illusions of Motion
Visual phenomena where movement is perceived when there is none.
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Autokinetic Effect
A small, stationary light in a darkened room appears to move due to the absence of surrounding cues.
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Phi Phenomenon
When lights turned on in a sequence appear to move; often used in stage lighting to direct attention.
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Stroboscopic Motion
Illusion seen in motion pictures or flip books, where a rapid series of still images creates the perception of movement.
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Factors that Influence Perception
Various elements that affect how we interpret sensory information.
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Perceptual Set (Perceptual Expectancy)
The tendency to perceive things in a certain way based on previous experiences or expectations.
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Top-Down Processing
Using preexisting knowledge to organize individual features into a unified whole.
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Bottom-Up Processing
Analyzing smaller features to build up to a complete perception.
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Perception Definition
Method by which the sensations experienced at any given moment, are interpreted and organized in some meaningful fashion.

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