Vocab
Sensation
The senses
Perception
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100
what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor
What is sensation
100
the organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences
What is perception
100
the opening in the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the eye
What is pupil
100
the experience that comes from organizing bits and pieces of information into meaningfulness
What is Gestalt
100
the differences between the images stimulating each eye
What is retinal disparity
200
the study of people's tendencies to make correct judgments in detecting the presence of stimuli
What is singnal-detection theory
200
the study of the relationship between sensory experiences and the physical stimuli that cause them
What is psychophysics
200
a flexible, elastic, transparent structure in the eye that changes its shape to focus light on the retina
What is lens
200
brief auditory or visual messages that are presented below the absolute threshold
What is subliminal messages
200
the nerve that carries impulses from the inner ear to the brain, resulting in the perception of sound
What is auditory nerve
300
the sense of movement and body position
What is kinesthesis
300
the weakest amount of stimuli that a person can detect half of the time
What is absolute threshold
300
the innermost coating of the back of the eye, containing the light-sensitive receptor cells
What is retina
300
the apparent movement of stationary objects relative to one another that occurs when the observer changes position
What is motion parallax
300
three semicircular canals that provide the sense of balance, located in the inner ear and connected to the brain by a nerve
What is vestibular system
400
the nerve that carries smell impulses from the nose to the brain
What is olfactory nerve
400
the smallest change in a physical stimuli that can be detected half the time
What is difference threshold
400
the nerve that carries impulses from the retina to the brain
What is optic nerve
400
the tendancy to percieve certain objects in the same way regardless of changing angle, distance, or lighting
What is constancy
400
Scientists have been investigating ESP since the?
What is 1900's
500
the principle that for any change in a stimulus to be detected, a constant proportion of that stimulus must be added or subtracted
What is Weber's law
500
what is the absolute threshold for vision?
What is seeing a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night
500
the process of combining the images received from the two eyes in a single, fused image
What is binocular fusion
500
perceptions that misrepresent physical stimuli
What is illusions
500
an ability to gain information by some means other than the ordinary senses
What is extrasensory perception (ESP)
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