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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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1. 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






2. Also known as color - is the dominant wavelength of light






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






4. 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






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






6. Along the visual pathway is the...






7. Failing to detect a present stimulus






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Correctly sensing a stimulus






15. 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.






16. 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






17. Has monocular and binocular cues






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






19. Is the tendency to complete incomplete figures






20. 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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21. 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.






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. Best at seeing fine details






26. 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






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






28. 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.






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






30. The physical intensity of light






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






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






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






34. Is the result of regeneration of retinal pigment






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. Asserts that perception and cognition are largely innate






42. How we organize or experience sensations






43. Or overlap of objects shows which objects are closer






44. Located by the cornea






45. 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






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






47. Proposed the opponent color/process theory






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






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






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







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