German psychologist who founded Gestalt Psychology
who is Max Werheimer
100
the opening in the middle of the Iris that changes size to let in different amounts of light.
What is a Pupil
100
a clear membrane covering the visible part of the eye that helps gather and direct incoming light
What is a Cornea
100
the process of integrating, organizing, or interpreting sensations
What is Perception
100
ancient Chinese medical procedure involving the insertion and manipulation of fine needles into specific locations on the body to alleviate pain and treat illness
What is Acupuncture
200
a thin, light-sensitive membrane located at the back of the eye that contains sensory receptors for vision
What is A Retina
200
Specialized cells unique to each sense organ that respond to a particular form of sensory stimulation
What is Sensory Receptors
200
the long, thin, blunt sensory receptors of the eye that are highly sensitive to light but not to color and that are primarily responsible for peripheral vision and night vision
What are Rods
200
a transparent structure located behind the pupil that actively focuses or bends light as it enters the eye
What is A Lens
200
the colored part of the eye which is the muscle that controls the size of the pupil
What is An Iris
300
one of several inherited forms of color deficiency or weakness in which an individual cannot distinguish between certain colors
What is color blindness
300
the short, thick, pointed sensory receptors of the eye that detect color and are responsible for color vision and visual acuity
What are cones
300
a visual experience that occurs after the original source of stimulations is no longer present
What is after image
300
the thick nerve that exits from the back of the eye and carries visual information to the visual cortex in the brain
What is an optic nerve
300
A principle of sensation that holds the size of the just noticeable difference will vary depending on its relation to the strength of the original stimulus
What is Weber's Law
400
the part of the ear that collects sound waves; consists of the pinna, the ear canal, and the ear drum
What is an outer ear
400
the part of the ear that amplifies sound waves; consists of three small bones: the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup
What is a middle ear
400
the part of the ear where sound is transduced into neural impulses; consists of the cochlea and semicircular canals
What is an inner ear
400
the process of detecting a physical stimulus; such as light, sound, heat, or pressure
what is sensation
400
a tightly stretched membrane at the end of the ear canal that vibrates when hit by sound waves
What is an ear drum
500
information processing that emphasizes the importance of the sensory receptors in detecting the basic features of a stimulus in the process of recognizing a whole pattern
What is Bottom-up Processing
500
a school of psychology founded in Germany in the early 1900's that maintained that our sensations are actively processed according to consistent perpetual rules that result in meaningful whole perceptions or gestalts
What is Gestalt Psychology
500
information processing that emphasizes the importance of the observers knowledge, expectations, and other cognitive processes in arriving at meaningful perceptions. "conceptually driven processing"
What is top-down processing
500
the use of visual cues to perceive the distance or three-dimensional characteristics of objects
What is depth perception
500
the technical name for the sense of location and position of body parts in relation to one another