Famous Names
The father of Psychology
William James
Adjustable Eye opening in the center of the eye where light enters.
Pupil
This ear part is snail shaped, and receives vibrations from other parts of the ear
Cochlea
This theory suggests that the detection of a stimulus depends not just on the intensity of the stimulus but also on the psychological state of the observer.
Signal Detection Theory
What type of conditioning includes reinforcement and punishment?
Operant conditioning
Known for his work within experimentation with sensory responses to things such as temperature and pressure
Ernst Webber
Retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray
Rods
This ear part sends neural messages to the thalamus
Acoustic Nerve
This principle of perception explains why we see a whole image rather than a collection of parts, emphasizing patterns and organization.
Gestalt Theory
Which part of the brain is responsible for perceiving senses except for smell?
Thalamus
Known as the father of psychophysics
Gustav Fechner
A ring of muscle tissue that forms the colored portion of the eye around the pupil and controls the size of the pupil opening.
Iris
This part of the ear is the connection between the ear and the throat
Eustachian Tube
This theory of perception involves our expectations, experiences, and prior knowledge influencing how we interpret sensory information.
Top-Down Processing
Processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously
Parallel Processing
Known for his work within the cerebral cortex
David Hubel
The transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images).
Lens
When this ear part vibrates, it jostles the fluid inside the Cochlea
Oval Window
This type of processing involves analyzing sensory input without preconceived notions or expectations, starting with the raw data.
Bottom-Up Processing
The activation of certain associations, this predisposing ones perception or memory.
Priming
Won a Nobel prize with Hubel for their work on feature detectors
Torsten Wiesel
Light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the receptor rods and cones, plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information.
Retina
This is the part that is affected when you listen to loud noises for long periods of time
Cochlea Hair Follicles
This visual perception phenomenon occurs when the brain fills in missing information to create a complete perception, such as interpreting disconnected lines as a full shape.
Closure
Binocular cue for perceiving depth by comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes.
Retinal disparity