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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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1. Takes place when receptors for a particular sense detect a stimulus.






2. After the optic chasm - information travels to the...






3. After images are perceived because of fatigued receptors. Because our eyes have a partially oppositional system for seeing colors - such as red-green or black-white - once on side is overstimulated and fatigued - it can no longer respond and is overs






4. Proposed the opponent color/process theory






5. The most famous of all visual illusions. Two horizontal lines of equal length appear unequal because of the orientation of the arrow marks at the end. Inward facing arrow marks make the line appear shorter than another line of the same length with ou






6. Ambiguous figures - such as the Rubin vase. They can be perceived as two different things depending on which part you see as the figure and which part you see as the background.






7. Failing to detect a present stimulus






8. 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






9. The chemical that aids the receptor cells in transduction






10. Curces are graphical representations of a subject'S sensitivity to a stimulus






11. How we organize or experience sensations






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






13. Is the tendency to see what is easiest or logical to see






14. Developed the visual cliff to study whether depth perception was innate






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






16. Found that infants prefer relatively complex and sensational displays






17. Is the inability to recognize faces






18. The moon looks larger when we see it on the horizon than when we see it in the sky. This is because the horizon contains visual cues that make the moon seem more distant than the overhead sky.






19. Is the upper limit above which the stimuli can no longer be perceived. -The highest pitch sound a human could hear






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






21. Discovered that cells in the visual cortex were so complex and specialized that they respond to certain types of stimuli. For example - some cells only respond to vertical lines - whereas some respond to only right angles.






22. 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

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






24. Gives us clues about how far away an object is if we know about how big the object should be






25. Is the minimum amount of stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time






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






27. 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.






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






29. Located in the back of the eye - receives light images from the lens. It is composed of about 30 million photoreceptor cells and of other cell layers that process information






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






31. We see objects because of the light they reflect






32. He tendency to group together items that are near each other






33. Asserts that perception is the sum total of sensory input. The world is understood through bottom-up processing






34. The center of the retina; has the greatest visual acuity






35. Has monocular and binocular cues






36. Consists of one optic nerve connection each eye to the brain.






37. 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






38. Proposed the perceptual development and optic array






39. The physical intensity of light






40. Electrical impulses travel down these to the brain - where the information is understood






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






42. 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






43. Saying you detect a stimulus that is not there






44. Allows the eyes to see contrast and prevents repetitive information from being sent to the brain. Once the receptor cell is stimulated - the others nearby are inhibited.






45. Located by the cornea






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

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47. All the things a person sees trains them to perceive






48. The optic nerve is made up of...






49. 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






50. 1. closure 2. Proximity 3. Continuation or good continuation 4. Symmetry 5. Constancy 6. Minimum principle







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