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24 Cards in this Set
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Auditory Localization
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Locating the source of a sound in space.
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Binocular Depth Cues
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Clues about distance based on the differing views of the two eyes.
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Comparitors
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People, objects, events, and other standards that are used as a baseline for comparisons in making judgements.
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Complementary Colors
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Pairs of colors taht produce gray tones when added together.
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Convergence
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A cue to depth that involves sensing the eyes converging toward each other as they focus on closer objects.
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Distal Stimuli
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Stimuli that lie in the distance (that is,in the world outside the body).
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Feature Analysis
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The process of detecting specific elements in visual input an assembling them into a more complex form.
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Feature Detectors
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Neurons taht respond selectively to very specific features of more complex stimuli.
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Phi Phenomenon
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The illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succession.
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Frequency Theory
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The theory that perception of pitch corresponds to the rate, or frequency, at which the entire basilar membrane vibrates.
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Gate-Control Theory
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The idea that incoming pain sensations must pass through a "gate" in the spinal cord that can be closed, thus blocking pain signals.
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Kinesthetic System
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The sensory system taht onitors the positions of the various parts of one's body.
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Monocular Depth Cues
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Clues about distance based on the image fromn either eye alone.
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Motion Parallax
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Cue to depth that involves images of objects at different distances moving across teh retina at different rates.
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Parallel Processing
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Simultaneously extracting different kinds of information from the same input.
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Perceptual Set
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A readiness to perceive a stimulus in a particular way.
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Signal-Detection Theory
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A psychophysiological theory proposing tha tthe detection of stimuli involves decision processes as well as sensory processes, which are influenced by a variety of factors besides the physical intensity of a stimulus.
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Vestibular System
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The sensory system that responds to gravity and keeps people informed of their body's location in space.
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Visual Agnosia
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An inability to recognize objects.
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Circadian Rhythms
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The 24-hour biological cycles found in humans and many other species.
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Lucid Dreams
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Dreams in which people can think clearly about the circumstances of waking life an the fact taht they are dreaming, yet they remain asleep in the midst of a vivid dream.
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Physical Dependence
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The condition that exists when a person must continue to take a drug to avoid withdrawl illness.
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Psychological Dependence
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The condition that exists when a person must continue to take a drug in order to satisfy intense mental and emotional craving for the drug.
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Somnambulism
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Arising and wanderng about while remaining asleep.
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