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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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1. The chemical that aids the receptor cells in transduction






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






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






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






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






6. Along the visual pathway is the...






7. Asserts that perception and cognition are largely innate






8. The feeling that results from physical stimulation






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






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






11. Or overlap of objects shows which objects are closer






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






13. How we organize or experience sensations






14. Is the tendency to complete incomplete figures






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






16. 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






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






18. Proposed the opponent color/process theory






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






23. Why do cones see better than rods?






24. Is the inability to recognize faces






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

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26. Best at seeing fine details






27. Knowing that an elephant is large no matter how it might appear






28. Proposed the perceptual development and optic array






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






30. A theory for color vision. It suggests that two types of color sensitive cells exist: Cones that respond to blue-yellow colors and cones that respond to red-green. When one color of the cone is stimulated - the other is inhibited.






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Correctly sensing a stimulus






37. 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






38. Failing to detect a present stimulus






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. Is the result of regeneration of retinal pigment






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






48. 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.






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






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