Psych. Unit 3

Front 1

Raw sensory data received from the senses

Back 1

Sensation

Front 2

Process of creating meaningful patterns from raw sensory data

Back 2

Perception

Front 3

Loss of the sense of smell/flavor

Back 3

Anosmia

Front 4

The least amount of energy needed to affect any sensation 50% of the time

Back 4

Absolute threshold

Front 5

Smallest change in stimulation detectable 50% of the time, Weber's law

Back 5

Difference threshold

Front 6

Chemical that communicates information to other organisms through smell

Back 6

Pheromone

Front 7

Some messages fall below the threshold of conscious perception and are assumed to be perceived subconsciously

Back 7

Subliminal Perception

Front 8

Bumps on tongue that contain taste buds

Back 8

Papillae

Front 9

When an object is perceived to stand apart from the background

Back 9

Figure-ground Distinction

Front 10

Tendacy to see an object as the same shape no matter what angle it is viewed

Back 10

Shape Constancy

Front 11

Perception of an object as the same size regardless of distance from which it is viewed from

Back 11

Size Constancy

Front 12

Similarly sized, shaped, or colored objects are perceived as a part of a pattern

Back 12

Similarity

Front 13

We tend to perceive close objects together rather then seperately

Back 13

Proximity

Front 14

We overlook incompleteness and perceive a whole object when none exist

Back 14

Closure

Front 15

Ability to determine where a sound originates

Back 15

Sound Localization

Front 16

Visual messages one eye can transmit

Back 16

Monocular Cues

Front 17

Illusion causing misleading stimulation that causes us to create inaccurate perceptions

Back 17

Perceptual Illusion

Front 18

Illusion due to distorted information reaching receptors

Back 18

Physical Illusion

Front 19

Apparent movement caused by flashing lights rapidly in sequence

Back 19

Phi Phenomenon

Front 20

Apparent motion created by a rapid series of stationary objects

Back 20

Stroboscopic Motion

Front 21

Perceive a stationary object is actually moving

Back 21

Auto kinetic Illusion

Front 22

Condition in which one sense is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more senses

Back 22

Synesthesia