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15 Cards in this Set
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the process by which our sensory systems encode stimulus energy as neural messages
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transduction
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the distance from one wave peak to the next
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wavelength
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the light passes through what part of the eye
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pupil
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the amount of light entering the eye is controlled by the what
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iris
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focuses the incoming rays into an image on the eyes light sensitive back surface
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lens
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the eye changing its curvature
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accomodation
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the eyeballs light sensitive inner surface on which the rays focus
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retina
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the amount of energy in light waves
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intensity
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sharpness of vision
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acuity
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red green and blue the trichromatic theory
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retina has three types of color receptors
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at any moment our awareness focuses
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selective attention
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when vision competes with other swenses, vision usually wins which is called
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visual capture
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when given a clsuter of sensations what do we organize them into
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gestalt
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seeing objects in 3 dimensions
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depth perception
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when two adjacent stationary lights blink on and off in qick succession we perceive a single light moving back and forth between them
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phi phenomenon
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