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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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






2. 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.






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






4. Comes from the complexity of the sound wave






5. Correctly sensing a stimulus






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






7. Defined the Just Noticeable Difference






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






9. Is the inability to recognize faces






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






11. Or overlap of objects shows which objects are closer






12. Located by the cornea






13. Rightly stating that no stimulus exists






14. 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.






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Has monocular and binocular cues






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






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






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






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






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






26. How people perceive objects in the way that they are familiar with them - regardless of changes in the actual retinal image. A book - for example - is perceived as rectangular in shape no matter what angle it is seen from.






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Proposed the opponent color/process theory






32. Is the tendency to create a whole or detailed figure based on our expectations rather than what is seen






33. The chemical that aids the receptor cells in transduction






34. The way that a single point of light viewed in darkness will appear to shake or move. the reason for this is the movement of our own eyes






35. Along the visual pathway is the...






36. Asserts that perception and cognition are largely innate






37. 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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38. 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






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. Is the tendency to complete incomplete figures






43. 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






44. The physical intensity of light






45. Why do cones see better than rods?






46. 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.






47. Best at seeing fine details






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






49. The feeling that results from physical stimulation






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