Senses
What are the five traditional senses?
Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell, Sound
What is a threshold in psychology?
When a stimulus can be detected
What is the principle of proximity in Gestalt psychology?
The tendency to perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping
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Figure-Ground
What is Mr. Hoyt's favorite sports team?
The Kansas City Chiefs
Which sense is primarily associated with the olfactory bulbs?
Smell
What type of threshold is met when you can tell the difference between two stimuli 50% of the time?
Difference Threshold, Just Noticeable Difference, JND
Define the principle of similarity in Gestalt perception.
The tendency to perceive things that look similar to each other as part of the same group
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Proximity
What are the three R's expected in Mr. Hoyt's classroom?
Respect, Resilience, and Responsibility
What type of receptors are responsible for detecting light in the eyes?
What is the term for the smallest amount of stimulus energy that can be detected?
Absolute Threshold
What does the principle of closure refer to in visual perception?
The tendency to complete figures that are incomplete
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Closure
Which president said the phrase: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"
FDR
What is it called when a sense stops being perceived due to constant stimulus?
Habituation
A ____-__________ refers to a stimulus so small that it cannot be perceived. This concept can come into play in "subliminal messaging."
sub-threshold
Explain the principle of continuity in Gestalt theory.
The tendency to perceive things as simply as possible with a continuous pattern
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Similarity
What is the largest animal ever to live on Earth?
The Blue Whale
Which sense is primarily processed by the occipital lobe of the brain?
Sight
What does Weber's Law state about the perception of changes in stimulus?
That we notice change as a percentage, not as an absolute value
Define the principle of figure-ground relationship.
The tendency to perceive objects, or figures, as existing on a background
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Continuity
What island chain in the South Atlantic is known as "The Land of Fire"
Tierra del Fuego