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The Brain
The Ear or Eye
Sensation
Research
Perception
100
A nerve cell: basic building block of the nervous system
What is a neuron
100
also known as the typanum
What is the ear drum
100
How we receive and represent stimulus energies
What is sensation
100
The "I knew -it -all along" phenomenon
What is hindsight bias
100
Process of organizing and interpreting stimuli
What is perception
200
a simple automatic, inborn reponse to a sensory stimulus
What is a reflex
200
The three tiny bones in the middle ear
What is the hammer, anvil and stirup (or the ossicles)
200
sharpness of vision
What is acuity
200
The most frequently occurring score
What is the mode
200
Diminished sensitivity due to constant stimulation
What is sensory adaption
300
Level of stimulation required to trigger an impulse
What is threshold
300
The light sensitive back surface of the eye
What is the retina
300
Stimuli must differ by a constant percentage
What is Weber's Law
300

The group of participants that are exposed to the independent variable

What is the experimental group

300

Determining depth in which both eyes are needed to percieve

What is binocular cues

400
layer of fatty tissue encasing the axon of a neuron
What is myelin sheath
400
The central focal point of the retina where cones cluster
What is the fovea
400
Minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus
What is absolute threshold
400
Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situtations without manipulation.
What is naturalistic observation
400
An organized whole; intergrating info. into meaningful wholes
What is gestalt
500
calms the body after emergencies
What is the sympathetic system
500
The Conversion of one form of energy to another
What is transduction
500
Below the absolute threshold
What is subliminal
500
A technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people
What is survey
500

perceiving objects as unchanging even when illumination changes ex: the ball coming close to you in not getting bigger

What is perceptual constancy