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Psychology Vocab KW
Psychology Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The stimulation of sensory receptors and the transmission of sensory information to the central nervous system. | Sensation |
| The psychological process through which we interpret sensory stimulation. | Perception |
| The weakest amount of a stimulus that can be sensed. | Absolute threshold |
| The minimum amount of difference that can be detected between two stimuli. | Difference threshold |
| The process by which we become more sensitive to weak stimuli and less sensitive to unchanging stimuli. | Sensory adaptation |
| A method of distinguishing sensory stimuli that takes into account not only the stimuli's strengths but also such variable elements as the setting, your physical state, your mood, and your attitudes. | Signal-detection theory |
| The opening in the colored part of the eye. | Pupil |
| The transparent structure of the eye that focuses light on the retina. | Lens |
| The sensitive surface of the eye that acts like the film in a camera. | Retina |
| Neurons that are sensitive to light. | Photoreceptors |
| The part of the eye that lacks photoreceptors. | Blind spot |
| The sharpness of vision. | Visual acuity |
| The colors across from each other. | Complementary |
| The visual impression that remains after the original image is removed. | Afterimage |
| A bony tube that contains fluids as well as neurons that move in response to the vibrations of the fluids. | Cochlea |
| Transmits impulses to the brain. | Auditory nerve |
| Occurs because of the damage to the middle ear. | Conductive deafness |
| Inability to perceive sounds of certain frequencies. | Sensorineural deafness |
| Sends information about odors to the brain. | Olfactory nerve |
| Suggest only a certain amount of information can be processed by the nervous system at a time. | Gate theory |
| Tells you whether you are physically upright without having to use your eyes. | Vestibular sense |
| The sense that informs people about the position and motion of their bodies. | Kinethesis |
| The tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in what your senses tell you. | Closure |
| Nearness. | Proximity |
| The perceptual tendency to group together similar objects that seem alike. | Similarity |
| The perceptual tendency of preferring to see smooth, continuous patterns, not disrupted ones. | Continuity |
| The illusion of movement is produced by showing the rapid progression of images or objects that are not moving at all. | Stroboscopic motion |
| Needing only one eye to be perceived. | Monocular cues. |
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Katelyn Whitlock