Chapter 3 Sensation And Perception

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Gate-Control theory of pain.

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The theory that pain is a product of both psychological and psycho logical factors that causes spinal gates to open and relay pattern of intense stimulation to the brain which perceives them as pain

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Kinesthetic sense

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The technical name for the sense of the location and position of body parts in relation to one another

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Proprioceptors

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located in the muscle and joint step provide information about body position and movement

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Vestibular sense

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The technical name for sense of balance or equilibrium

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Bottom up processing

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Information processing that emphasizes importance of sensory receptors in detecting basic features of a stimulus in the process of recognizing a whole pattern

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Top down processing

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Information processing the emphasizes the importance of observers knowledge expectations and other cognitive processes in arriving at meaningful perception

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ESP

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Perception of information by some means other than through normal processes of sensation

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Parapsychology

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The scientific investigation of claims of paranormal phenomenon and ability

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Gestalt psychology

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Hey school of psychology found it in Germany in the early 1900s that maintained our sensations are actively processing according to consent

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Figure ground relationship

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A genstalt principle of perceptual organization that states that we are automatically separate the elements of perception into features that clearly stand out

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Depth perception

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Do you use a visual cues to perceptive the distance of three-dimensional characteristics of object

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Molecular cues

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Distance of depth cues that can be processed by either eye alone

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Binocular cues

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Distance of depth cues that requires the use of both eyes

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Perceptual consistency

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The tendency to perceptive objects especially familiar objects as constant and unchanging despite the changes in sensory input

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Size consistency

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The perception of an object as maintain the same size just by changing images on the retina

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Shape consistency

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The perception of a familiar object as maintaining the same shape regardless of image produced on the retina

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Perceptual allusion

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Misinterpretation of the true characteristics of an object or an image

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Moon illusion

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A visual illusion involving a misinterpretation that the moon is larger when it is on the horizon then directly overhead

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Biofeedback

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Techniques that involve using auditory or visual feedback to learn exert voluntary control over involuntary body functions such as heart rate blood pressure blood flow or muscle tension

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Acupuncture

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Ancient Chinese medical procedure involving the insertion of multiple of find needles into specific locations of the body to stop pain entry illnesses