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11 Cards in this Set
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Sensation
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conversion of energy from the environment into a pattern of response by the nervous system
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Perception
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interpretation of that information
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Stimuli
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energies in the environment that affect what we do
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Receptors
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specialized cells that convert environmental energies into signals for the nervous system
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Transduction
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traslation of energy into neural impulses
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Absolute Threshold
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smallest magnitude of stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time
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What factors affect peception?
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attention, stroop effect, sensory adaptation
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Colorblindness
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a result of certain cones mininterpreting the wavelengths that correspond to their respective colors
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Gestalt Psychology
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focuses on the human ability to perceive overal patterns
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What are Monocular Depth Curves?
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require input from only one eye
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Binocular Depth Curves
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comparisons between two eyes
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