Sensory
This is caused when you are focused on a particular stimulus.
Selective Attention
This part of the eye carries neural impulses to the brain
Optic Nerve
This principle states that we tend to group stimuli into forms that follow continuous lines or patterns.
Principle of continuity
The spiral-shaped organ in the inner ear, mostly responsive for hearing
Cochlea
Our natural sense of smell.
Olfaction
This is the transformation of stimulus energy to electrochemical energy
Transduction
Your eyes' increase to the sensitivity of light in the dark.
Dark adaption
The figure is the dominant object, and the ground is the natural and formless setting for the figure.
Figure-ground relationship
The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time Ex: "per second"
frequency
Our natural sense of taste.
Gustation
This theory states that there is no absolute threshold because the threshold varies with many factors
Signal detection theory
When your eye has too much curvature on the cornea so light can't be focused on the retina clearly.
Nearsighted
This phenomenon is the illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succession.
Phi Phenomenon
This theory claims that different pitches activate the place where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated
Place theory
The smell of food influences its taste is an example of
Sensory Interaction
This stimuli is a receipt of messages that is below the threshold of conscious awareness
Subliminal stimulation
Individual neurons-or groups of neurons-in the brain which code for perceptually significant stimuli
Feature detectors
This provides a cue to distance when parallel lines seem to coverage in the distance
Linear perspective
Damage to the cochlea receptor cells cause this type of hearing loss.
Sensorineural hearing loss
Our sense of body movement and position that enables our sense of balance
Vestibular sense
"GR___" and "GR__E" is an example of...
Priming
Certain neurons can be excited or inhibited, depending on the wavelength of light, and complementary wavelengths have opposite effects.
Ewald Hering's opponent-process theory
This is when a closer object in your point of view is blocking the view of another distant object.
Interposition
This theory claims that pitch perception is based on the rate of nerve impulses matching the frequency of sound waves
Frequency Theory
The theory that suggests the spinal cord contains a neurological "gate" that controls the transmission of pain messages to the brain
Gate Control Theory