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Psych Ch 5 Test

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Acuity
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nearsightedness
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Pupil
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Perception
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Signal detection Theory
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farsightedness
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absolute threshold
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accomodation
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Lens
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Y or N on subliminal messages?
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iris
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Difference Threshold aka JND
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hue
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May be affected, process info w/out being aware. Sub sensatin but not PERSUASION
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nearby objects are seen more clearly than distant objects bc the lens focuses the image of distant objects in front of the retina
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the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus the image of near objects on the retina
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regulates amt of light entering eye, colored portion of the eye, controls size of pupil opening
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Behind pupil that changed shape to focus images on the retina
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process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting our sensations
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predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stiumulus (signal) amid background stimulation (noise). Assumes there is no single abs. thresh and that detection depends partly on a person's experience, expectations, motivation, and level of fatig
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the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time
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sharpness of vision
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where light enters
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the minimum difference a person can detect between any two stimuli; increases with magnitude of stim
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the color we experience
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faraway objects are seen more clearly than near objects bc the image of near objects is focused behind the retina
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the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment
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diminished sensitivity as a consequence of an unchanging stimulus (our nerve cells start to fire less frequently)
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the distance from one wave peak to the next
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For the average person to perceive a diff, the diff must be in proportion 8% lights, 2% weights, .3% freq
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relating your stored knowledge to the sensory input (prosopagnasia)
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analysis that begins with the sense receptors and works up to the brian's integration of sensory info
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sensory systems convert stimulus energy into neural messages
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the amount of energy in light waves (determined by lights amplitude or height)
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below ones abs thresh for concious awareness
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the study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli, such as their intensity, and our psychological experience of them

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