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Midterm 2

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What is sensation?   Process of receiving information about the external and internal world  
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What is perception?   To impose meaningful interpretations on the information sensation provides  
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Wavelength of light energy is the perception of:   Hue (colour)  
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Amplitude of light energy is the perception of:   Brightness (intensity)  
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Purity of light energy is the perception of:   Saturation  
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Nearsightedness:   Can see close things (focus point in front of retina)  
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Farsightedness:   Can see far things (focus point behind retina)  
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Rods:   Sensitive to light. Responsible for poor lighting conditions and peripheral vision. Not sensitive to colour.  
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Cones:   Sensitive to colour. Responsible for vision in good lighting conditions and focus vision at the center of the visual field.  
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Amount of light determines rate of firing in: (These cells send this info on to the brain)   Ganglion cells  
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Colour blindness is:   A genetic variation that leads one or more of the three cone types to be missing.  
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Most common colour blindness is:   Distinguishing red from green  
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Opponent-Process Cells   Increase firing rate when exposed to wavelength for one colour but decrease firing rate when exposed to wavelength of a different colour  
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Bottom-Up Processing   1. Detect specific features of stimulus 2. Combine specific features into more complex forms 3. Recognize stimulus  
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Top-Down Processing   1. Formulate perceptual hypothesis about the nature of the stimulus as a whole 2. Select and examine features to check hypothesis 3. Recognize stimulus  
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Depth perception:   Image projected on retina is 2D, perception is 3D (illusion created by brain)  
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Convergence   Binocular. Eyes point more inward to bring close objects into focus  
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Retinal Disparity   Binocular. Difference in the perceived separation of two objects by the left and the right eye  
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Interposition   Monocular. Closer things obscure farther things  
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Linear Perspective   Monocular. Parallel lines are perceived as closer together when farther away  
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Motion Parallax   Monocular. When one is moving, far objects appear to move more slowly than near objects  
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Texture Gradient   Monocular. Objects seem more clustered together if farther away  
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Relative Size   Monocular. Objects that project a smaller image on the retina seem farther away  
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Relative Clarity   Monocular. Far objects will be perceived as more blurry than close objects  
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Shape Constancy   Viewing angle changes the shape of an object's image on the retina but we don't perceive its shape as changing  
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Location Constancy   As we move, location of the retinal image an object projects changes, but we don't perceive changes in its location  
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Size Constancy   An object's retinal image gets smaller as it moves farther away but we don't perceive object as getting smaller  
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Brightness Constancy   Amount of light reflected by an object changes constantly with the amount of light in the environment, but we don't perceive in object brightness  
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Colour Constancy   Wavelength of light projected by an object changes with the amount of light "out there" but we don't perceive the object as changing in colour  
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Amplitude of sound waves is the perception of:   Loudness  
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Frequency of sound waves is the perception of:   Pitch  
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Complexity of sound waves is the perception of:   Timbre  
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Pinna:   Helps tunnel sounds into ear  
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Eardrum:   Vibrates three bones (stirrup, anvil, hammer) with same amplitude and frequency  
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Cochlea:   Contains cilia that sit on top of basilar membrane.  
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Inner Ear to Brain:   Cilia press against membrane initiating signals about sound frequency and amplitude to be sent to the brain via the auditory nerve  
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Taste receptors are in:   The taste buds which are in the Papillae on the tongue  
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Basic tastes are:   Salty, sour, bitter, sweet, umami  
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Factors that determine taste: (4)   1. Unique combination of basic tastes 2. Temperature 3. Texture 4. Smell  
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Smell goes to brain via:   The olfactory nerve. (Sent to the brain's olfactory bulb)  
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