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Psychology
Chapter 4 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cone | Provide Color vision |
| Closure | Tendency to perceive a whole figure even when there are gaps in sensory input |
| Sensory adaption | the [process by which people become more sensitive to weak stimuli and less sensitive to unchanging stimuli |
| stroboscopic motion | illusion of movement produced by a rapid progression of images |
| cochlea | bony tube in the inner ear that contains fluid and neurons |
| blind spot | the part of the retina that contains no photoreceptors |
| photoreceptor | neuron that is sensitive to light |
| absolute threshold | weakest amount of stimulus that can be sensed |
| olfactory nerve | nerve that sends information about odors to the brain |
| retina | sensitive surface of the eye that acts like the film in a camera |
| pupil | opening in the colored part of the eye |
| color constancy | tendency to perceive objects as keeping their color even though different light might change the appearance og their color |
| continuity | perceptual preference for seeing smooth continuous patterns |
| rod | are sensitive only to the brightness of light and allow us to see black and white |
| difference threshold | minimum amount of difference that can be detected between two stimuli |
| binocular cue | visual cues for depth that require the use of both eyes |
| perception | the psychological process of organizing and interpreting sensory stimulation |
| afterimage | the visual impression that remains after the original images has been removed |
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