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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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






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






3. How we organize or experience sensations






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






5. 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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. The physical intensity of light






9. 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.






10. 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'






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

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






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






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






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






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






17. Why do cones see better than rods?






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






19. Is the tendency to complete incomplete figures






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






21. 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






22. 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.






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






24. Proposed the perceptual development and optic array






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. humans best hear at






31. Rightly stating that no stimulus exists






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






33. Found that infants prefer relatively complex and sensational displays






34. Proposed the opponent color/process theory






35. 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.






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Has monocular and binocular cues






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






42. 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






43. Saying you detect a stimulus that is not there






44. Correctly sensing a stimulus






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






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






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






48. Best at seeing fine details






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






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