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22 Cards in this Set
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sensation
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the physical experience of seeing hearing or sensing in some way through ears, eyes, etc
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retina
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layer of tissue at back of eyeball
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rods
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chromatic, can't see colors, works when we're in the dark can't see colors
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cones
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color visions
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pupil
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circular opening of the eye, the black part of the eye - diameter changes depending on amount of light in the room - less light = bigger, also when something is attractive
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iris
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part of the eyes that give eyes their color - it's a ring of muscle that control pupil size
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cornea
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tough, transparent, protective layer covering front of the eye - bend light ray to hit the pupil
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lens
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changes shape as it focuses on objects & distances & bend light in the inside
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receptors
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located in the retina
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fovea
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concentration of cones is highest here
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outer ear
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has ear lobe & ear canal
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malleus
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little bones that vibrate due to sound reachin ghte middle ear
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cochlea
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a coiled tube filled iwth fluid in the inner ear
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haircells
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is inside the cochlea, they are cells that extend into the fluid
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how do we hear
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sound wave enter ear, cause bones to move, cause the cochlea fluid to move, cause hair cells to move and we can hear because hair cells are our receptors
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sensory gating
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the process the brain adjust its response - the brain response to each stimuli that presented, when there's a new stimuli the brain adjust & adapt itself
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perception
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the psychological process of giving meaning to what has been sensed
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bottom up theory
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putting little pieces together to see a bigger picture (think drinking)
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top down theory
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knowing the meaning will influence our perception at a lower level
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context effect
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related to top down theory - depends on the context of what we see, the meaning will be different
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subliminal messages
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words or pictures that are not consciously perceived but nevertheless supposedly influence people's thoughts, judgments, attitude and behaviors
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biaural beat technology
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birdsong + classical music = decrease in negative mood
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