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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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1. Has monocular and binocular cues






2. Why do cones see better than rods?






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Comes from the complexity of the sound wave






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






9. 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






10. Is the tendency to complete incomplete figures






11. Asserts that perception and cognition are largely innate






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. Proposed the perceptual development and optic array






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






17. 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






18. Is the inability to recognize faces






19. Is the result of regeneration of retinal pigment






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. Rightly stating that no stimulus exists






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Saying you detect a stimulus that is not there






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






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






37. Failing to detect a present stimulus






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

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39. 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.






40. Or overlap of objects shows which objects are closer






41. Found that infants prefer relatively complex and sensational displays






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






43. Best at seeing fine details






44. How we organize or experience sensations






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






46. The physical intensity of light






47. Is the minimum amount of stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time






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






49. We see objects because of the light they reflect






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







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