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GRE Psychology: Perception Sensation

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1. Comes from the complexity of the sound wave






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. Is the inability to recognize faces






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






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

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16. 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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. Has monocular and binocular cues






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






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






25. Along the visual pathway is the...






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. Correctly sensing a stimulus






31. humans best hear at






32. Saying you detect a stimulus that is not there






33. Rightly stating that no stimulus exists






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






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






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






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






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






39. Is the result of regeneration of retinal pigment






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






46. Failing to detect a present stimulus






47. Proposed the opponent color/process theory






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






49. Asserts that perception and cognition are largely innate






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