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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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






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






3. Defined the Just Noticeable Difference






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






5. Famous for the theory of color blindness






6. Is the result of regeneration of retinal pigment






7. 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.






8. Found that infants prefer relatively complex and sensational displays






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






10. We see objects because of the light they reflect






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






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






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






14. Is composed of photons and waves measured by brightness and wavelengths






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






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






17. Comes from the complexity of the sound wave






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






19. 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






20. A thick layer of glass above a surface that dropped off sharply. The glass provided solid - level ground doe subjects to move across in spite of the cliff below. Animals and babies were used as subjects and both groups avoided moving into the 'cliff'






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






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






23. 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






24. 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.






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






26. Saying you detect a stimulus that is not there






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






28. The optic nerve is made up of...






29. humans best hear at






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






31. 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.






32. Correctly sensing a stimulus






33. Along the visual pathway is the...






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. The pace of vibrations or sound waves per second for a particular sound - determines pitch. Frequencies are measured in Hertz






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






40. How we organize or experience sensations






41. Is the tendency to make figures out of symmetrical images






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






43. Best at seeing fine details






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Proposed the perceptual development and optic array






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