Principles of Perception
Basic info to higher level thinking
Bottom Up Processing
The Color of a lightwave is determined by the
wavelength/frequency
The amplitude of a soundwave determines
HOW LOUD SOMETHING IS
This is the only sense that is NOT routed through the thalamus
Smell
Longer wavelengths = which color
The weakest amount of stimuli that someone can detect 50% of the time
Absolute Threshold
The area where the optic nerve leaves the eye leads to you having a
Blind spot
The three ossicles of the ear are...
(Name all three)
Hammer, Anvil, Stapes/Stirrup
Theory that we have something in our spinal cord that blocks pain so our brains won't get overloaded.
Gate Control Theory
When you're constantly exposed to a stimulus, you stop recognizing it/brain ignores it. This is an example of
(Sensory) adaptation
The process of turning stimuli into neural impulses
Transduction
Rod process ___
Cones ____
Rods = black,white
Cones = Color
The side of the head/ear facing away from the sound are in the ...
Sound Shadow
Name 3 of the 5/6 different tastes
Sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami/spices
A stimulus below one's threshold
Subliminal
Refers to our predisposition to perceive things in a certain way
Perceptual Sets
This color theory says we see colors from a combo of red, blue and green cones
(Young- Helmholtz) Trichromatic Color Theory
This hearing theory says that certain spots in the cochlea only move with certain tones.
Place Theory
sensory receptors that detect hurtful temperatures, pressues, or chemicals
nociceptors
When given a cluster of sensations, people organize them into
Gestalt
The study of the relationship between the physical characteristics of stimuli, such as their intensity, and our psychological experience of them
Psychophysics
We have these specific cells that see the lines, edges, curves that allow us to see movement
Feature Detectors
The ____ inside the cochlea contains the hair cells in the ear.
Basilar Membrane
The sense of balance is the
Vestibular sense
The difference of having a gap between our two eyes and the way that the brain puts them together. Think finger sausages
Retinal Disparity