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Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called .... |
Sensation |
The raw data of experience based on the activation of certain receptors located in the various sensory organs |
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The ability to detect physical energy through our visual or touch systems is aka |
Sensation |
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The organization and interpretation of olfactory information is one example of |
Perception |
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Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called |
Sensation |
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Cells that are triggered by light, vibrations, sound, touch or chemical substances are called |
Sense receptors |
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The belief that our sensory systems are infallible and that our perceptions are perfect representations of the world around us is called |
Naive realism |
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The perceptual process of filling in is guided by |
preconceived notions and past experiences |
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The conversion of external energy into something that the nervous system can understand is know as |
Transduction |
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When u first put your hat on, u can feel it quite easily, but after a while you forget that you are wearing a hat at all- the sensation is gone. What happens |
Sensory adaptation |
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The process by which unchanging information from the senses of taste, touch, smell and vision is ignored by the sensory receptor cells themselves is called.... |
Sensory adaptation |
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In the process aka ......., sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus |
Sensory adaptation |
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Sensory adaptation |
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Sounds that we hear are converted into electrical signals in neurons through a process called..... |
Transduction |
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The sensitivity of our sensory abilities and systems is demonstrated in our ....... thresholds. |
Absolute |
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Top down processing |
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What is absolute threshold? |
Lowest level of stimulus needed for the nervous system to detect a change 50% of the time |
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Define sensory adaptation. |
Activation is greatest when a stimulus is first detected. |
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Define Sense receptor |
Specialized cell responsible for converting external stimuli into neural activity for a specific sensory system. |
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Define transduction |
The process of converting an external energy or substance into electrical activity within neurons |
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Just noticeable difference |
The smallest change in the intensity of a stimulus that we can detect. |
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Psychophysics |
The study of how we perceive sensory stimuli based on their physical characteristics. |
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Signal detection theory |
The theory regarding how stimuli are detected under different conditions. |
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Synesthesia is...... |
A condition in which people experience cross-modal sensation |
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Parallel processing is...... |
the ability to attend to many sense modalities simultaneously. |
The way our brain multitasks |
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Bottom up processing |
Processing in which a whole stimulus is constructed from parts |
e.g. perceiving an object on the basis of its edges. |
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Top down processing |
Conceptually driven processing influenced by beliefs and expectancies. |
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............... is conceptually driven, whereas ........... is stimulus driven |
Top-down ; bottom-up processing |
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Subliminal perception is..... |
is perception below the limen or threshold of conscious awareness |
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In attentional blindness |
Failure to detect stimuli that are in plain sight when our attention is focused elsewhere |
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The cocktail party effect |
Explains how we can become aware of stimuli outside of our immediate attention when it's relevant to us. |
Hearing your name |
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One problem with Vicary's study of subliminal perception is that |
It never happened. |
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The shortest wavelengths we can see are experienced as ......... colours |
Violet |
Purple |
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The longest wavelengths we can see are experienced as ....... colours |
Red |
Dzvuku |
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The aspect of colour that corresponds to names such as red, green and blue is |
Hue |
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Pupil is........ |
the small opening in the centre of the iris/ eye
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Cornea is ....... |
the clear, transparent protective coating over the front part of the eye |
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The Iris is ...... |
the coloured part of the eye that contains muscles to contract or expand the pupil |
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The wavelength of the light reaching your eyes determines in part what ...... You see. |
Hue |
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The amount of light entering the eye is controlled by the. .... |
Pupil |
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Light is focused on the retina by the ....... |
Lens |
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Which component of the eye contains the visual receptors? |
Retina |
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Bundles of axons from ganglion make up the |
the optic nerve |
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