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What is Kinesthesis?
The sense of movement and body position.
What are the 5 senses?
Sight, Hearing, Taste, Touch and Smell
What is Sensation?
It is what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor.
What is Simplicity?
We see the simplest shapes possible, part of the Gestalt Principles.
What is Single-Detection Theory?
The study of people's tendencies to make correct judgements in detecting the presence of stimuli.
What's an Illusion?
A perception that misrepresents physical stimuli.
Explain the Difference Threshold.
the smallest change in a physical stimulus that can be detected between two stimuli.
What is Gestalt?
The experience that comes from organizing bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
What is Continuity?
We tend to see continuous patterns not disrupted ones, part of the Gestalt Principle.
What is Perception?
The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.
What is a Subliminal Message?
A brief auditory or visual message that is presented below the absolute threshold.
What is Retinal Disparity?
The differences between the images stimulating each eye.
What is the Absolute Threshold?
The weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time.
What is Closure?
When we see a familiar pattern or shape with some missing parts, we fill in the gaps. Part of the Gestalt Principles.
What is Sensory Adaptation?
Being able to adjust to a constant level of sensory stimulation; we get used to a new level and only respond to deviations from that level.
What does ESP stand for?
extrasensory perception
What is Weber's Law?
The principle that the larger or stronger a stimulus, the larger the change required for an observer to notice a difference.
What is Psychophysics?
The study of the relationships between sensory experiences and the physical stimuli that cause them.
What is Similarity?
When similar and dissimilar objects are mingled, we see the similar objects as groups, part of Gestalt Principles.
What are the four touch sensations AND the five flavors?
Touch sensations: Pressure, warmth, cold and pain
Flavors: Sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami
What is Motion Parallax?
The apparent movement of stationary objects relative to one another that occurs when the observer changes position.
What is Binocular Fusion?
The process of combining the images received from the two eyes into a single, fused image.
What is the Vestibular System?
3 semicircular canals that provide the sense of balance, located in the inner ear and connected to the brain by a nerve.
What is Proximity?
When we see a number of similar objects, we tend to perceive them as groups or sets of those that are close to each other, part of Gestalt Principles.
What is Constancy?
The tendency to perceive certain objects in the same way regardless of changing angle, distance or lighting.