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emergency lesson
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24
Psychology
12th Grade
09/27/2011

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Term
sensation
Definition
process of receiving info from the enviro
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perception
Definition
process of organizing sensory info to make it meaningful
Term
weakest visible light
Definition
light-candle from 30 miles at night
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lightest touch that can be felt
Definition
touch- bee's wing on cheek from 1 cm above
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what happens after sound waves hit the ear
Definition
it vibrates
Term
types of msgs skin receptors respond to
Definition
pressure
temperature
painful feelings
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how are smell and taste connected?
Definition
smells affect taste
Term
why do some objects appear blue to us while others appear red
Definition
light of each part of the object bounce back at diff wavelengths
Term
iris
Definition
open/close eyes
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cornea
Definition
clear outer covering
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lens
Definition
focuses an image on the retina
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pupil
Definition
opening in eye
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retina
Definition
contains millions of receptors for light
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blind spot
Definition
no receptors for light waves
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rod
Definition
visual receptor that sees only black/white
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cone
Definition
sees color in daylight
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eardrum
Definition
skin that vibrates to sound
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cochlea
Definition
vibrates to incoming sounds
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hair cells
Definition
receptor cells for hearing found in cochlea
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cilla
Definition
hairlike extensions on cells
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auditory nerve
Definition
bundle of nerves carrying sound to brain
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3 cutaneous receptors
Definition
pressure
pain
temp.
Term
olfaction
Definition
sense of smell
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how brain receive smell?
Definition
odor gets collected by cilia and when odor molecules attach themselves to hair, electrical signal is sent to olfactory bulbs which sends a code to brain
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