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Sensation Perception Unit; AP Psych

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show how people integrate and organize perceptual information into meaningful wholes. R  
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show Just noticeable difference in stimulus is proportional to magnitude of original  
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phi phenomenon   show
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show ability to detect certain types of stimuli, like movements, shape, and angles, requires specialized cells in the brain called feature detectors. R  
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Relative Motion Parallax   show
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visual cliff   show
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show system for sensing body orientation and balance  
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show previous experience effect how perceived obj is interpreted  
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show depend primarily on brain's reception of stimulus info from sensory receptors  
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difference threshold   show
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absolute threshold   show
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distal stimulus   show
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proximal stimulus   show
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conduction hearing loss   show
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show due to failure of auditory nerve  
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show perceived objects tend to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences  
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show ability of the body to adapt to an environment by filtering out distractions. R  
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frequency theory   show
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show perception of sound and depends on where each frequency produces vibrations along the basilar membrane  
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show transparent structure behind pupil, changes shape when focusing  
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retina   show
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rods   show
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cones   show
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show vision is best here, center of retina  
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show between eardrum and cochlea containing hammer anvil and stirrup  
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show innermost part; contains cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs  
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show coild, bony, fluid filled, tube in inner ear  
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show the context in which an object we are viewing appears in influences the way we perceive the color of that object  
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show tendency to allow visual images to dominate our perception  
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perceptual set   show
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show color is processed in opponent pairs; red+green yellow+blue Black+white  
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show ability to carry out multiple tasks simultaneously  
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optic nerve   show
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wavelength   show
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show process of converting one for of energy to another  
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show change over time in responsiveness of sensory system to constant stimulus  
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show quantify ability to discern between signal and noise  
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perception   show
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sensation   show
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show addresses the relationship between psychological experiences and physical energy. R  
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subliminal   show
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show aspect of color that is determined by the wavelength of light. R  
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show amount of energy transmitted  
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show contractile black dot in center of iris  
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iris   show
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accommodation   show
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show sharpness of vision  
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show ability to see farther away  
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nearsightedness   show
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blind spot   show
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show hertz (Hz)  
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show sounds highness or lowness  
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show spinal cord contains a neurological "gate" that blocks or allows pain signals to pass  
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show system for sensing position and movement of individual body parts  
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selective attention   show
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show differentiation between foreground and background of a scene  
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show classifying  
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show visual ability to perceive the world in 3D  
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binocular cues   show
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monocular cues   show
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retinal disparity   show
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show chemical secretion that triggers a social response to members of the same species  
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show apparent power to perceive things that are not present to senses *branch off of parapsychology  
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show psychic phenomena  
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human factors psychology   show
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show when your eyes move closer together as something becomes nearer to your face  
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sensory interaction   show
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show perceptive deafness; nerve hearing loss. caused by damage to cochlea's receptor cells, the auditory nerve, a problem in the hair cells, or cortical neurons. *causes: tumors, skull injuries, poisons, birth control  
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young helmholtz trichromatic (three color) theory   show
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