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| Process of receiving, converting, and transmitting raw sensory information to the brain. |
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| Process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting sensory information. |
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| Sensory organs contain receptors that receive sensory information from the environment. |
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| COnverts the sensory stimuli into neural impulses that are sent on to the brain. |
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| Filters and analyzes incoming sensations before sending on to the brain. |
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| Converts particular sensory input into a specific sensation sent to parts of the brain. |
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| Testing limits and changes. |
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| Smallest amount of a stimuli we can detect. |
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| Minimal difference needed to detect a stimulus change; also called the Just Noticeable Difference (JND). |
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| Decreased sensory response to continuous stimulation. |
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| A mixing of sensory experiences (e.g. seeing colors when a sound is heard.) |
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| Analysis of the stimulus begins with the sense receptors and works up to the level of the brain and mind. |
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| Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes as we construct perceptions, drawing on our experience and expectation. |
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| Conversion of light energy into neural impulses that the brain can understand. |
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| Wavelength (Hue/color), Intensity (Brightness), Saturation (Purity). |
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| THe dimensioned by the wavelength of the light. |
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| High Frequency, Bluer colors, high pitched. |
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| Low frequency, Reder colors, low pitched sounds. |
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| Amount of energy in a wave determined by the amplitude. it is related to perceived brightness. |
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| Large Amplitude results in... |
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| Bright colors and loud sounds |
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| Dull colors and soft sounds. |
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| Transparent tissue where light enters the eye. |
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| Muscle that expands and contracts to change the size of the opening (pupil) for light. |
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| Focuses the light rays on the retina. |
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| Contains sensory receptors that process visual information and sends it to the brain. |
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| The process by which the eye's lens changes shape to help focus near or far objects on the Retina. |
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| A condition in which nearby objects are seen more clearly than distant objects. |
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| A condition in which far away objects are seen more clearly than near objects. |
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| Receptor cells in the Retina that detect shades of gray and are responsible for peripheral vision and are more sensitive in dim light. |
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| Receptor cells, concentrated near the center of the Retina, responsible for color vision and fine detail; most sensitive in dim light. |
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| A Tiny pit in the center of the Retina filled with cones and responsible for sharp vision. |
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| Three chambered, snail-shaped structure in the inner ear containing the receptors for hearing. |
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| Explains how we hear lower-pitched sounds hair cells in the basilar membrane bend and fire neural messages (action potentials) at the same rate as the sound frequency. |
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| Middle ear deafness resulting from problems with transferring sound waves to the inner ear. |
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| Inner ear deafness resulting from damage to the Cochlea, hair cells, or auditory nerve. |
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| Pheromones [Fare-oh-mones] |
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| Airborne chemicals that affect behavior, including recognition of family members, aggression, territorial marking, and sexual mating. |
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| Sensory system for baby posture and orientation. |
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| False or misleading perceptions. |
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| Filtering out and attending only to important sensory messages. |
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| Specialized neurons that respond only to certain sensory information. |
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| Tendency of the brain to ignore environmental factors that remain constant. |
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| Channels the sound waves into the auditory canal. |
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| Eardrum (Tympanic Membrane) |
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| Soundwaves hit the eardrum and vibrate, the vibrating causes the malleus, incus, and stapes to vibrate. |
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| Malleus, Incus, and Stapes (ossicles) |
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| The smallest bones in the human body. They are located in the ear behind the eardrum. |
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| Is vibrated by the stapes. Vibration then creates waves in teh fluid that fills the Cochlea. |
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| This is were the receptor cells are embedded. |
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| Brain structure just below the frontal lobes. Most olfactory information is processed in this area before being sent to other parts of the brain. |
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| the taste of protein. FOund in meats, beat broths, and monosodium glutamate (MSG). |
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| They tell the brain how the body is oriented, where and how the body is moving, the things it touches or is touched by, and so on. These senses include the skin senses, the vestibular sense, and Kinesthesia. |
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| Tendency for the environment to be perceived as remaining the same even with change in sensory input. |
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| The ability to perceive three-dimensional space and to accurately judge distance. |
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| Visual input from two eyes that allows perception of depth or distance. |
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| Visual input from a single eye alone that contributes to perception of depth or distance. |
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| Binocular cue to distance where the separation of the eye causes different images to fall on each retina. |
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| Binocular depth cue in which the closer the object, the more the eyes converge, or turn inward. |
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| Young's theory that color perception results from mixing three distinct color systems-- red, green, and blue. |
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| Hering's theory that color perception is based on three systems of color opposites --Blue-yellow, red-green, and black-white. |
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| Readliness to perceive in a particular manner based on expectations. |
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