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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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






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






3. The feeling that results from physical stimulation






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






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






6. Where half of all fibers from the optic nerve of each eye cross over and join the optic nerve from the other eye. This insures input from each eye will be put together in a full picture in the brain.






7. A thick layer of glass above a surface that dropped off sharply. The glass provided solid - level ground doe subjects to move across in spite of the cliff below. Animals and babies were used as subjects and both groups avoided moving into the 'cliff'






8. How we organize or experience sensations






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






10. Is the tendency to complete incomplete figures






11. Correctly sensing a stimulus






12. Factors into why we see what we expect to see






13. The pace of vibrations or sound waves per second for a particular sound - determines pitch. Frequencies are measured in Hertz






14. Failing to detect a present stimulus






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






16. Has been explained as the increasing ability of a child to make finer discriminations among stimuli.






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. The clear protective coating on the outside of the eye






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






23. Famous for the theory of color blindness






24. 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.






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. Rightly stating that no stimulus exists






29. 1. Reception 2. Sensory Transduction 3. Neural Pathways






30. Best at seeing fine details






31. Proposed the opponent color/process theory






32. Found that infants prefer relatively complex and sensational displays






33. Individuals are partly motivated by rewards and costs in detection. The interplay between response bias and stimulus intensity determines responses






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






35. Or overlap of objects shows which objects are closer






36. Comes from the complexity of the sound wave






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






38. The chemical that aids the receptor cells in transduction






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






40. 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






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






42. Is gained by features we are familiar with - such as two seemingly parallel lines that converge with distance






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






44. 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






45. Along the visual pathway is the...






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






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






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






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






50. 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.







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