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Sensation
Perception
Sleep
Altered Consciousness
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Sensation is ___________.
What is physiological.
100
Perception is ______.
What is psychological.
100
The ______ _______ refers to cyclical changes that occur on about a 24-hour basis.
What is circadian rhythm.
100
_____ __ occurs when you feel like you are reliving an experience even though it is new.
What is deja vu.
100
____ and ______ are two theories of color vision.
What is Young Helmholtz and Opponent Process.
200
_____ and _____ are located in the retina and allow us to have vision. Bonus: What does each do?
What is rods and cones. Rods: Shapes and forms, good for dim light Cones: Color vision
200
Proximity is one of the _______ principles. Bonus: What does it state?
What is Gestalt. It states that when objects are physically close to each other we are likely to perceive them as a unified whole.
200
_______ waves are characteristic of stage 3 and 4 sleep.
What are delta waves.
200
Alcohol is often thought to be a ______ when in reality it is a _________.
What is stimulant, depressant.
200
___________ experiences occur when you feel as if you are outside your body.
What is out of body experiences.
300
The _________ ___________ is the lowest level of a stimulus we can detect 50% of the time.
What is absolute threshold.
300
_______ _______ is a cue to depth perception that occurs because our two eyes see the world slightly differently and together create a whole image.
What is binocular disparity.
300
______ is the most common sleep disorder.
What is insomnia.
300
_______ theory is an approach to hypnosis that is based on people's attitudes, beliefs, and expectations.
What is sociocognitive theory.
300
______ is the most common form of color blindness or color deficiency.
What is red-green.
400
In our eye, the _____ is the curved, transparent dome that bends incoming light. The ______ also bends light, but it does so by changing its curvature.
What is cornea; lens.
400
______, _____, and ____ are all examples of perceptual constancy.
What is shape constancy, size constancy, and color constancy.
400
Examining the ______ content and ______ content are two ways of understanding dreams according to Freud.
What is manifest content = details of the dream itself; latent content = true, hidden meaning of the dream.
400
Three examples of psychedelics are ______, ______, and _____. This class of drug alter ______.
What is pcp, mescaline, LSD, ecstasy. These drugs alter perception, mood, and thought.
400
______ is the scientific name for taste.
What is gustation.
500
_____ is the process by which an external stimulus is converted into a neural impulse.
What is transduction.
500
______, _______, ______, _______, ______, and ______ are the 6 pictorial monocular cues to depth perception.
Relative size: more distant objects look smaller Texture gradient: texture more apparent when object is closer Interposition: closer objects block farther objects Linear perspective: parallel lines appear to converge as distance increases Height in plane: closer objects appear lower Light and shadow: Shadows give sense of 3-d form
500
There are ______ stages of sleep. Describe each.
What is 5. Stage 1 = Just barely asleep, theta waves Stage 2 = brain slows down, theta waves with sleep spindles and k-complexes Stage 3 & 4 = deeper sleep, delta waves (more delta waves in stage 4) Stage 5 (REM sleep) = brain is active, body is inactive, dreams and rapid eye movement.
500
Name and describe the 6 myths about hypnosis.
1= Hypnosis produces a trance like state in which amazing things happen 2= Hypnotic phenomena are unique 3= Hypnosis is a sleep-like state 4= Hypnotized people are unaware of their surroundings 5= Hypnotized people forget what happened during hypnosis 6= Hypnosis improves memory
500
______ dreaming occurs when you become aware that you are dreaming.
What is lucid dreaming.