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| The unconscious activation of certain associations, predisposing one's perception, memory, or response. |
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| Study of relationships between physical characteristics of stimuli, and our psychological experience of them. |
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| To be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant percentage. |
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| Predicting hwo and when we detect a faint stimulus. |
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| Conversion of one form of energy into another (sights, sounds, and smells, into neural impulses). |
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| Central focal point where cones cluster. |
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| Consists of the hammer, anvil, and stirrup. |
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| Through which sound waves generate nerve impulses. |
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| Theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated. |
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| Rate of nerve impulses matches the frequency of a tone, enabling the sensing of pitch. |
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| Sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance. |
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| Theory that the spinal cord can block or send pain messages to the brain. |
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| Principle that one sense influences other (smell and taste). |
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| Illusion of movement created when tow or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession. |
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