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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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1. It travels through the horizontal cells to the bipolar cells to the amacrine cells. Finally the information heads to the ganglion cells.






2. Is the tendency to complete incomplete figures






3. Are particularly sensitive to dim light and are used for night vision. They are also concentrated along the sides of the retina - making them extremely important for peripheral vision






4. Is the way that perceived color brightness changes with the level of illumination in the room. With lower levels of illumination - the extremes of the color spectrum (especially red) are seen as less bright






5. Suggests that subjects detect stimuli not only because they can but also because they want to. TSD factors motivation into the picture.


6. Is composed of photons and waves measured by brightness and wavelengths






7. Located by the cornea






8. How movement is perceived though the displacement of objects over time - and how this motion takes place at seemingly different paces for nearby or faraway objects. Ships far away seem to move more slowly than ships moving at the same speed.






9. Has been called the most important depth cue. Our eyes view objects from two slightly different angles - which allows us to create a 3-dimensional figure






10. Consists of the parts you see called the pinna and the auditory canal. Vibrations from sound move down this canal to the middle ear.






11. Says that the strength of a stimulus must be significantly increased to produce a slight difference in sensation


12. Objects that have been drawn and can be perceived but are geometrically impossible






13. We see objects because of the light they reflect






14. The tendency to perceive a smooth motion. This explains why motion is perceived when there is none - often by the use of flashing lights or rapidly shown still-fram pictures - such as in the perception of cartoons. This is apparent motion






15. The feeling that results from physical stimulation






16. Proposed the perceptual development and optic array






17. Refers to how we see texture or fine detail differently from different distances






18. Rightly stating that no stimulus exists






19. Asserts that perception and cognition are largely innate






20. Defined the Just Noticeable Difference






21. The overarching Gestalt idea that experience will be organized as meaningful - symmetrical - and simple whenever possible.






22. Refers to the entire span that can be perceived or detected by the eye at a given moment.






23. Rods and cones on the retina that are responsible for sensory transduction.






24. Are concentrated in the center of the retina. They are sensitive to color and daylight vision.






25. Consists of the bony labyrinth - a hollow cavity in the temporal bone of the skull with a system of passages comprising two main functional parts: The cochlea - dedicated to hearing; converting sound pressure patterns from the outer ear into electroc






26. Has monocular and binocular cues






27. The eyes are connected to the cerebral cortex by...






28. Can be perceived as two different things depending on how you look at them






29. Suggests that there are three types of receptors in the retina: cones that respond to red - blue - or green






30. Proposed the tri-color theory - research shows that the opponent-process theory seems to be at work in the Lateral geniculate body - research shows that the tri-color theory seems to be at work in the Retina






31. Is the tendency to make figures out of symmetrical images






32. Revolves around perception and asserts that people tend to see the world as comprised of organized wholes. The world is understood through top-down processing.






33. Is when two horizontal lines of equal length appear unequal because of two vertical lines that slant inward






34. The part of the world that triggers a particular neuron






35. Along the visual pathway is the...






36. The chemical that aids the receptor cells in transduction






37. Comes from the complexity of the sound wave






38. Also known as just noticeable difference. The minimum difference that must occur between two stimuli - in order for them to be perceived as having different intensities.






39. Refers to the relationship between the meaningful part of a picture and the background






40. Correctly sensing a stimulus






41. Found that infants prefer relatively complex and sensational displays






42. The physical intensity of a sound wave largely determines loudness






43. Or overlap of objects shows which objects are closer






44. Allow the cornea to bend (accommodate) in order to focus an image of the outside world onto the retina






45. Saying you detect a stimulus that is not there






46. Is knowing the color of an object even with tinted glasses on






47. Begins with the tympanic membrane (eardrum) which is stretch across the auditory canal. Behind this membrane are the Ossicles (3 small bones) - the last of which is the stapes. Sound vibrations bump against the tympanic membrane - causing the ossicl






48. Applies to all senses but only to a limited range of intensities. The law states that a stimulus needs to be increased by a constant fraction of its original value in order to be noticeably different


49. Is the inability to recognize faces






50. Involves both innate/sensory and is partially learned/conceptual