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unit 4
ap psychology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| top down processing | info processed guided by higher level mental processes |
| bottom up processing | analysis of the stimulus begins with the sense receptor and work up to the brain |
| JND | minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time |
| olfaction | smelling |
| cocktail party | focus of attention on selected aspects of the enviornment and block out the rest |
| retinal disparity | comparing the information from each eyeball |
| transduction | the conversation of one form of energy into another, translates the incoming stimuli into a neural signal |
| retina | process visual info into neural impulses |
| cornea | protects and bends incoming light rays |
| lens | focus light rays on the retina |
| iris | controls the pupil's size |
| foeva | central point and see color |
| pupil | adjusts opening to let light in |
| blind spot | point at which there are no rods/cones |
| optic nerve | carries neural impulse to the brain |
| rods | detect black, white, and gray |
| cones | detect color |
| parallel processing | the processing of several aspects of a problem |
| young helmholtz theory | we have three types of cones in the retina |
| opponent process theory | the sensory receptors arranged in the retina come in pairs |
| afterimage | the firin gof the cones used after viewing something steadily |
| visual cliff | process to tell if a baby has a sense of depth |
| intensity | loudness, measured in decibels |
| frequency | the pitch, a tones highness or lowness |
| outer ear | sound waves collected |
| middle ear | transmits and amplifies the vibration |
| inner ear | change to neural impulse |
| sensory deprivation | if one sense is deprived another will become stronger |
| sensory adaption | after a while of constant stimulation, will stop detecting sense |
| vestibular sense | sense of body position and movement |
| perceptual set | a mental predisposition to see one thing rather than another |
| gestalt | an organized whole, puts all individual pieces together to get a big picture |
| proximity | objects that are close together are more likely to be percieved as belonging in the same group |
| similarity | objects that are similar in appearance are more like to be percieved |
| continuity | objects that form a continous form are more likely to be percieved |
| closure | objects that make up recognizable images are more likely to be percieved |
| constancy | objects similar in size, shape, and brightness are considered a set |
| metacognition | gain ability to think about the way you think |
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