Sensation
Perception
Senses
Senses
Miscellaneous
100
Any aspect of or change in the environment to which an organism responds
What is a stimulus
100
the tendency to perceive certain object in the same way regardless of changing angle, distance or lighting
What is constancy
100

Retinal receptor cells that are concentrated near the center of the retina and function in daylight

What are cones?

100
balance is regulated by which system
What is the vestibular system
100

Why is the sense of smell the most powerful?

Signals are sent directly to the limbic system

First developed

200
the principle that the larger or stronger a stimulus, the larger the change required for an observer to notice a difference
What is Weber's Law
200
the experience that comes from organizing bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes
What is Gestalt
200
lesson the pain by shifting our attention away from the pain impulses (it is why athletes can finish a game injured)
What is Gate control theory of pain
200

the sense of movement and body position

What is Proprioception (kinesthesis)

200

Analysis of sensory input to build complete picture; Smaller parts lead to understanding the whole (sensation)

What is bottom-up processing

300
The weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time
What is an absolute threshold
300

Information processing guided by higher-level mental prcesses, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expections

What is top-down processing?

300

Most color deficient people aren't color blind, but simply lack one or both of these cones

What are red and green?

300
known as the chemical senses becuase their receptors are sensitive to chemical molecules
What is the sense of smell and taste
300

What is the difference between habituation and sensory adaptation?

Sensory adaptation is a temporary, involuntary physiological decrease in receptor sensitivity to a constant stimulus while habituation is a conscious behavioral reduction in response to a repeated, non-threatening stimulus

400
responding to changes in the environment becuase our senses have the ability to adapt to a contant level of stimulation.
What is sensory adaptation
400

previous stimuli influence reaction to next stimuli

What is priming?

400

Being able to focus on one particular voice in a crowded room...

What is the cocktail party effect?

400

What are the three alerts to the brain from the touch receptors?

Pressure, Temperature, and Pain 

400

Explain 3 strategies to use related to your senses when studying for school

Don't eat carbs, trans-fat or sugary foods, Listen to non lyric music, smell sage, lemon, lavender to boost productivity, take breaks for eyes, fidgeting with something

500

Two types of processing stimuli

HINT: Stroop Interference Effect

Preattentive - extracting information automatically Attentive - A procedure that considers only one part of the stimuli presented at a time.

500
brief auditory or visual messages that are presented below the absolute threshold
What are subliminal messages
500

What is interoception?

Internal body and emotions 

(Feel and act on basic needs)

500

What are the 5 taste sensations?

Sweet

Salt

Sour

Bitter 

Umami 

500

What are three variables that may influence a person's perception of the environment?

Past experiences, memories, emotional state, mood, cultural background, surroundings, desires, age

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