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Key Questions
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Core or Matter
Bonus x2
100
The number of cycles completed by a wave in a second.
What is Frequency
100
Perception brings meaning to sensation.
What is the relationship between Sensation and Perception ?
100
which allows us to see a flower as being the same color in the reddish light in sunset as in the white glare of midday.
What is color constancy
100
senses the world indirectly because the sense organs convert stimulation into language of the nervous system
What is the brain
100
the idea of meaningful patterens
What is gestalt
200
Typically a genetic disorder that prevents a individual from discriminating certain colors.
What is Color Blindness
200
The senses all operate in much the same way.
What is how are the senses alike?
200
the resulting precept is determined by stimulus features
What is stimulus-driven process
200
operate in much the same way, but each extracts different information and sends it to own specialized processing region in the brain
What is senses
200
guesses or predictions
What is inferences
300
The sense of smell.
What is Olfaction
300
The sense organs convert stimulation into the language of the nervous system: neutral messages.
What is how does stimulation become sensation?
300
allows you to see the door as remaining rectangular from different angles
What is shape constancy
300
below the threshold
What is subliminal
300
the mysterious sensations often experienced by people who have lost an arm or leg
What is phantom
400
A explanation for pain control that proposes. . . . blocking incoming pain signals.
What is Gate-control Theory
400
Each sense extracts different information and sends it to its own specialized processing region of the brain.
What is how are senses different?
400
located on the top and side of the tongue, sample flavors from food and drink as they pass by on the way to the stomach
What is taste buds
400
our brains have specialized cells that is dedicated to identifying stimulus properties
What is feature detectors
400
several types of specialized nerve cells
What is nociceptors
500
The Gestalt principle that we tend to group similar objects together. . .
What is Law of Common Fate
500
This allows us to determine what objects are.
What is the pathways in the brain ?
500
the fifth taste is a savory flavor
What is umami
500
when two people are talking, other people may not be able to follow their conversation because it is
What is closure
500
the nose's receptor cells transduce information about the stimulus and convey it to the brain's
What is Olfactory Bulbs