Sensation
Vision & Hearing
Perception
Consciousness
Sleep & Dream
100
The stimulation of sensory receptors and the transmission of sensory information
Sensation
100
The ________ is an opening in the eye through which light enters.
Pupil
100
The psychological process through which we interpret sensory stimulation
Perception
100
Name different levels of consciousness
Conscious level
Preconscious level
Unconscious level
Nonconscious Level
100
What NREM stands for?
Non-rapid-eye-movement
200
The weakest amount of stimulus that can be sensed
Absolute threshold
200
An __________ is the visual impression that remains when an image is removed.
Afterimage
200
What principle of perception you can see in this picture?
Closure
200
Focus on a particular stimulus
Selective attention
200
Which is the deepest stage of sleep
NREM-4
300
The ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time is called
The cocktail party effect
300
The nerve that transmits neural impulses from the inner ear to the brain.
Auditory Nerve
300
What principle of perception you can see in this picture?
Proximity
300
List altered states of consciousness
Sleep
Hypnosis
Meditation & Biofeedback
Certain Drugs
300
What are the circadian rhythms
Biological clock
400
A method of distinguishing sensory stimuli that takes into account not only the stimuli's strength but also setting, your physical state, your mood, and your attituddes.
Signal-detection theory
400
Visual __________ is a measure of the sharpness of a person's vision.
Acuity
400
Visual cues that only need one eye to be perceived
Monocular cues
400
Give examples of basic biological functions of nonconscious level (min. 3)
1. Fingernails growing
2. Hair growing
3. Breathing
400
The condition of breathing interruption that occurs during sleep
Sleep apnea
500
The process by which people become more sensitive to weak stimuli and less sensitive to unchanged stimuli
Sensory Adaptation
500
Deafness caused by damage to the inner ear, which damages or destroys neurons
Sensorineural Deafness
500
The use of rapid progression of still images of objects to produce the illusion of movement
Stroboscopic motion
500
According to Freud what is placed in unconscious level?
Selfish needs
Violent motives
Immoral urges
Fears
Irrational wishes
Shameful experiences
Unacceptable desires
500
Rare sleep problem in which people suddenly fall asleep, no matter what time it is or where they are
Narcolepsy