Psychology By David Myers 10Th Edition Chapter 6 Part 2

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Olfaction

Back 1

Smell

Front 2

Cilia

Back 2

Hair cells that receive odor molecules: hair cells as a receptor

Front 3

Olfactory

Back 3

Nerve/Bulbs

Front 4

Pheromones

Back 4

Smell chemicals that communicate a message

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Taste Receptors

Back 5

Chemical Receptors that decode molecules of food or drink to identify them

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Cutaneous Receptors

Back 6

Skin; Touch

Front 7

Gate-Control Theory

Back 7

theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological “gate” that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain. The “gate” is opened by the activity of pain signals traveling
up small nerve fibers and is closed by activity in larger fibers or by information coming from the brain. (p. 250)

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Vestibular Sense

Back 8

the sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance. (p. 258)

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Kinesthesis

Back 9

the system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts. (p. 257)

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Closure

Back 10

Tendency to perceive a complete or whole picture even with gaps in it

Front 11

Proximity

Back 11

Grouping things together that are physically near to each other

Front 12

Similarity

Back 12

People think of similar objects as belonging together

Front 13

Continuity

Back 13

People organize their thoughts to see clear, smooth, continuous patterns

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Common Fate

Back 14

Grouping things that are together

Front 15

Gestalt

Back 15

Organized whole, shape, or form

Front 16

Illusion

Back 16

Inaccurate perception

Front 17

Mueller-Lyer Illusion

Back 17

Two arrowhead pictures in which one line looks longer than the other

Front 18

Stroboscopic Motion

Back 18

Illusion of movement produced by shown, rapid progression

Front 19

Monocular Cues

Back 19

depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone. (p. 238)

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Binocular Cues

Back 20

depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes. (p. 237)

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Retinal Disparity

Back 21

a binocular cue for perceiving depth: By comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes, the brain computes distance—
the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the closer the object. (p. 237)

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Color Constancy

Back 22

The ability to perceive an object the same color regardless of the environment

Front 23

Brightness Constancy

Back 23

By taking an average, the human visul network keeps brightness constant as an object is moved to various environments

Front 24

Space Constancy

Back 24

Keeping objects in the environment steady

Front 25

Size Constancy

Back 25

The ability to retain the size of an object regardless of where it is located

Front 26

Depth Perception

Back 26

The ability to see objects in space

Front 27

Visual Cliff

Back 27

a laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals. (p. 236)

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Binocular Disparity

Back 28

The difference between the image provided by each eye; when the images are brought together they provide depth

Front 29

Visual Texture

Back 29

Depth perception based on how rough or smooth objects viewed appear