Intro To Psych 4

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A mental process (such as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process.

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Sensation

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- It is the way we interpret these sensations and therefore make sense of everything around us.

- The act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.

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Perception

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It can be explained as the process by which one form of energy is converted into another form.

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Sensation

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- are specialized neurons that respond to specific types of stimuli.

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Sensory Receptors

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The conversion from sensory stimulus energy to action potential is known as _____.

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Transduction

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- It refers to the way sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced.

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Perception

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The minimum amount of stimulus energy that must be present for the stimulus to be detected 50% of the time.

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Absolute Threshold

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- messages that are presented below the threshold for conscious awareness

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Subliminal Messages

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The two physical characteristics of a wave are?

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Amplitude and Wavelength

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- the height of a wave as measured from the highest point on the wave (peak or crest) to the lowest point on the wave (trough).

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Amplitude

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- refers to the length of a wave from one peak to the next

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Wavelength

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- the number of waves that pass a given point in a given time and period (hertz/Hz)

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Frequency

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Longer wavelengths will have _____ frequencies, and shorter wavelengths will have _____ frequencies.

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lower, higher

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- it is the relative strength of sound waves (transmitted vibrations), which we perceive as loudness or volume

- measured in decibels (dB)

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Amplitude

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- respond to pressure and lower frequency vibrations

- senses “touch”

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Meissner’s Corpuscles

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- detect transient pressure and higher frequency vibrations

- senses “pressure”

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Pacinian Corpuscles

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- respond to light pressure

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Merkel's Disks

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- detect stretch

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Ruffini Corpuscles

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- a sense that contributes to our ability to maintain balance and body posture

- it also collects information critical for controlling movement and the reflexes that move various parts of our bodies

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Vestibular Sense

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( perception of the body position )

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Proprioception

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( perception of the body's movement through space )

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Kinesthesia

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- sensation

- handwriting

- body position

- temperature

- touch

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Parietal Lobe

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- problem solving

- creative thinking

- personality

- emotional oppression

- memory

- language

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Frontal Lobe

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- visual processing

- organizes, interprets, and integrates visual information

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Occipital Lobe

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- Olfactory - smell

- Primary auditory cortex - hearing

- Visual association - recognition and color

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Temporal Lobe

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- basic life functions

- regulation of heart rate

- breathing

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Brain Stem

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- balance

- coordination

- motor learning

- speech

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Cerebellum

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According to this principle, any figure can be perceived more meaningfully in a background and that figure cannot be separated from that background.

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Figure-Ground Relationship

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According to Gestalt Principle, the objects can be perceived meaningful when they are grouped together.

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Grouping of Stimuli in Perceptual Organization

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This refers to stableness in perception.

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Perceptual Constancy

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- the tendency to see an object as keeping its form despite changes in orientation

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Shape Constancy

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Ability of a person to perceive the distance.

It is also known as third dimension.

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Depth Perception

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When a particular object appears in different places at different times, we understand that the object is in movement.

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Perception of Movement

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- comprises cells, tissues, and organs that secrete hormones as a primary or secondary function

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Endocrine System

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- The primary function of these ductless glands is to secrete their hormones directly into the surrounding fluid.

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Endocrine Gland

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- these are your body's chemical messengers

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Hormones

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- how your body gets energy from the foods you eat

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Metabolism

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- the decline of testosterone levels

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Andropause (viropause)

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- glands release their secretions through ducts

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Exocrine System

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- process information reaching to the brain

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Sensory Systems

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- process information going out of the brain to muscles and glands

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Motor Systems

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- how we interpret those sensations is influenced by our available knowledge, our experience, and our thoughts

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Top-Down Processing

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- don't perceive stimuli that remain relatively constant over prolonged periods of time

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Sensory Adaptation

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- the perception of color

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Light Wavelength

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(gustation)

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Taste

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(olfaction)

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Smell

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- senses heat or cold

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Thermoceptor

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- senses pain

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Nociceptor

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- an unpleasant experience that involves both physical and psychological

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Pain

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- is a self regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival

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Homeostasis

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- brain region controlling the pituitary gland

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Hypothalamus

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- secretes many different hormones

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Pituitary Gland

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- affects metabolism

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Thyroid Gland

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- help regulate level of calcium in the blood

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Parathyroids

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- help trigger the fight-or-flight response

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Adrenal Glands

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- regulates the level of sugar in the blood

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Pancreas

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- secretes females sex hormones

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Ovary

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- secretes male sex hormones

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Testis

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- testosterone production decreases immensely beginning around age 30

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Andropause

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- medical term for absence of menstruation

- no periods

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Amenorrhea