SENSATION
PERCEPTION
LEARNING
ESSAY PREP
RANDOM
100
Wave amplitude is to BRIGHTNESS as wave length is to ___
What is HUE/COLOR
100
A type of perceptual constancy that allows a rectangular door to appear rectangular regardless of any slant at which we see it
What is SHAPE CONSTANCY
100
Type of learning that temporarily allows organisms to IGNORE stimuli to which they are hardwired to react protectively to if those stimuli are repeated so often that the interactions interfere with fulfillment of other needs
What is HABITUATION
100
The Gestalt principle stating that the CLOSER two figures are to each other the more they will tend to be grouped together perceptually
What is PROXIMITY
100
The aspect of perception illustrated by the MOON appearing to drift through the clouds on a cloudy, dark night
What is INDUCED MOTION
200
If, under certain circumstances, a participant's hit rate went up while his false accept rate stayed the same, we could conclude that his ___ increased
What is SENSITIVITY
200
A phenomenon that occurs when two closely spaced points on the visual field are illuminated sequentially at fairly rapid intervals
What is APPARENT MOVEMENT
200
Reinforcement schedule that explains why GAMBLERS often persist at gambling even when they rarely receive a payoff
What is a VARIABLE-RATIO schedule of reinforcement
200
According to this LAW, the size of a just-noticeable difference (jnd) is a constant fraction of the stimulus (the standard) to which it is compared
What is WEBER'S LAW
200
Establishing a HIGH criterion score will ___ false accepts
What is MINIMIZE
300
According to the Duplex Theory of Vision, ROD vision provides ___ acuity, CONES provide ___ acuity
What is POOR / GOOD
300
The lobes regions in which the "where" and "what" systems take place
What is the PARIETAL ("where") and TEMPORAL ("what") lobe regions
300
An increased ability of the presynaptic terminal to release excitatory transmitter, commonly observed in the sea mollusk, Aplysia
What is PRESYNAPTIC FACILITATION
300
Gaining "response control" can be very therapeutic in people overcoming this DISORDER
What is DEPRESSION
300
The LOCATION of the Necker Cube we would focus our eyes on if we wanted to control its orientation as if seeing it from BELOW
What is the Y-INTERSECTION in the Necker Cube's LOWER LEFT
400
Theory for how we code and recognize a vast number of hues, in which recognition ability depends upon the fact that any wave length in the visual spectrum will stimulate ALL THREE types of cone but in UNEQUAL proportions that vary according to wave length
What is the TRICHROMATIC (Young-Helmholtz) THEORY
400
A depth cue most helpful in determining whether a red rectangle or blue rectangle is meant to be closer to the viewer (image from slides)
What is INTERPOSITION
400
Type of learning that explains this example: Joe develops a fear of German shepherd dogs after being bit by one. A few weeks later, he becomes friendly with someone who has a German shepherd as a pet. After a few visits to this friend's house, when the dog is present, Joe becomes fearful of the FRIEND, even though this particular German shepherd never bit him.
What is SECOND-ORDER CONDITIONING
400
The PROCEDURE used by Professor Coons in his study of how a rat can gain/maintain "response control"
What is a SHAPING PROCEDURE
400
The demonstration that subjects perceive and remember an ambiguous picture differently depending on what they were led to expect is an example of ___ effects
What is CONTEXT
500
The feature in the visual system affected by lateral inhibition
What is EDGE ENHANCEMENT (Boundary-Border-Edge)
500
The aspect of perceptual attention best illustrated by the cocktail-party effect
What is SELECTIVITY
500
A response that offsets the effects of an upcoming unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning
What is a COMPENSATORY RESPONSE
500
The completion phenomenon (sometimes referred to as "CLOSURE") causing our brains to complete two triangles implied in fragmented form by construing them as one lying on top of the other (i.e., by segregating one to the foreground and the other to the background) is an example of this perceptual concept
What is SUBJECTIVE CONTOURS
500
The phenomenon that demonstrates this: Looking out a window while traveling on a train, points closer seem to be moving in the direction opposite to us while points further seem to be moving in the same direction as us AND points closer to us seem to be passing by faster than points further away
What is MOTION PARALLAX
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