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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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1. Or overlap of objects shows which objects are closer






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






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






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






5. Best at seeing fine details






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






7. Correctly sensing a stimulus






8. Proposed the opponent color/process theory






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






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






12. We see objects because of the light they reflect






13. 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






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






15. humans best hear at






16. The feeling that results from physical stimulation






17. 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






18. Along the visual pathway is the...






19. 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


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






21. Asserts that perception and cognition are largely innate






22. 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.






23. Why do cones see better than rods?






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






25. 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.






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


27. 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






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






29. Has monocular and binocular cues






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






31. 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.






32. Is the result of regeneration of retinal pigment






33. Defined the Just Noticeable Difference






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






35. 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






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






37. 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.






38. Proposed the perceptual development and optic array






39. Is the inability to recognize faces






40. 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






41. How we organize or experience sensations






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Saying you detect a stimulus that is not there






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






48. Rightly stating that no stimulus exists






49. 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






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