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Chapter 6
Sensation and Perception
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/24/2014

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Sensation
Definition
You detect physical stimuli
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Perception
Definition
How you organize the information
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Threshold
Definition
First point in which you can detect stimuli
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Absolute Threshold
Definition
Average point at which you can detect stimuli
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Just Noticeable Difference
Definition
First point in which you can detect the difference between 2 stimuli
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Different Threshold
Definition
Average point across multiple trials
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Weber's Law
Definition
Mathematical law based on proportions
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Sensory Interaction
Definition
Senses work together to influence each other
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Touch
Definition
Pressure, warmth, cold, and pain
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Phantom Limb
Definition
Think limb is there even though theres no limb
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Taste
Definition
Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umani (fresh chicken)
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Pain
Definition
Protective measure from the body so you don't hurt yourself
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Gate-Control Theory
Definition
Pain can be influenced by whether the gates on neural highway are open or closed
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Counter-Irritation
Definition
blocks neural signal by closing gate, irritate another area to block or distract original signals
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Perceptual Organization
Definition
See things in groups (phone numbers)
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Monocular Cues for Distance
Definition
One eye perspective (relative height and size to other things)
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Binocular Cue for Distance
Definition
Two eyes
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Retinal Disparity
Definition
Way eyes converge
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Perceptual Consistency
Definition
View Things as not changing
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Visual Cliffs
Definition
As a child you wont walk off table, survival trait
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