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Psych Ch 5

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show the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment  
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show process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting our sensations  
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show relating your stored knowledge to the sensory input (prosopagnasia)  
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show the study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli, such as their intensity, and our psychological experience of them  
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show analysis that begins with the sense receptors and works up to the brian's integration of sensory info  
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show the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time  
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Signal detection Theory   show
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Subliminal   show
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Y or N on subliminal messages?   show
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Difference Threshold aka JND   show
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show For the average person to perceive a diff, the diff must be in proportion 8% lights, 2% weights, .3% freq  
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show diminished sensitivity as a consequence of an unchanging stimulus (our nerve cells start to fire less frequently)  
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show sensory systems convert stimulus energy into neural messages  
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show the distance from one wave peak to the next  
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hue   show
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show the amount of energy in light waves (determined by lights amplitude or height)  
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Pupil   show
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show regulates amt of light entering eye, colored portion of the eye, controls size of pupil opening  
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show Behind pupil that changed shape to focus images on the retina  
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show the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus the image of near objects on the retina  
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show sharpness of vision  
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nearsightedness   show
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farsightedness   show
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