Eye and Ear
The outer flap of cartilage on the ear
Pinna
The energy stimulus for sound and light are represented in...
Waves
Process of converting one form of energy to another
Transduction
Minimum amount of stimulus needed to be detected 50% of the time
Absolute Threshold
Depth cues that only require one eye
Monocular Cues
Sensory receptors on the retina
Rods and Cones
As light waves change length, what else changes
Hue, Color
Processing that occurs based on prior expectations or experiences
Top-down processing
When you fail to notice changes in the environment
Change Blindness
The process by which our lens change shape to focus on objects near or far
Accommodation
Creates a blind spot as it exits the eye
Optic Nerve
As sound waves change length, what changes
Pitch
Processing that first occurs at the sensory level before moving to higher order thinking
Bottom-up processing
Name for processing taste
Gustation
Gestalt Principle in which we finish or complete images to make them whole
Closure
Hearing loss that occurs due to the breaking of bones or ear drum
Conduction Deafness
Theory of color vision supported by the after image effect
Opponent Process
The study of how people interpret the environment
Psychophysics
Spatial and body awareness sense
Kinesthesis
Where the optic nerve crosses in the brain
Optic Chiasm
Binocular cue that compares the images of both eyes to perceive depth
Retinal disparity
The height of a light or sound wave is measure in
Amplitude
A tendency or expectation that influences our perception
Perceptual Set
Stimuli that can not be detected 50% of the time are said to be
Subliminal
Tool for assessing depth perception in babies
Visual Cliff