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Details Title Sensation and Perception Description n/a Total Cards 26 Subject Psychology Created 10/20/2010

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Term Sensation	Definition the process by which we receive and represent physical energy from our environment
Term Perception	Definition the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information through this process we recognize meaningful objects and events
Term Kinesthesis	Definition Motion and location of our body parts
Term Vestibular	Definition Sense balance and spatial orientation of our body within the environment
Term Top-down processing	Definition higher-level mental processes
Term Bottom-up processing	Definition Lower-level mental processes
Term Quantitative variation	Definition Amount or intensity of a stimulation
Term Qualitative	Definition What kind of energy is being received?
Term Absolute thresholds	Definition the minimum stimulation necessary to detect a particular stimulus 50 % of the time
Term Difference threshold	Definition minimum difference a person can detect between 2 stimuli 50% pf the time
Term Sensory Adaptation	Definition we become less sensitive to an unchanging stimulus
Term Selective Attention	Definition the focus of our conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
Term What is the additional 5th taste receptor?	Definition Umami
Term Where is the primary taste area?	Definition Underside of the frontal lobe
Term Sour	Definition Signal for decay
Term Bitter	Definition signal for toxins
Term umami	Definition Building blocks of protein
Term salty	Definition Needed for maintance of proper salt balance
Term sweet	Definition energy source
Term What type of sense is smell?	Definition A chemical sense
Term Smell: What happens when the odor evaporates?	Definition dissolve in mucous fluid covering olfactory epithelium containing olfactory sensory neurons
Term What is glomeruli?	Definition Structures that receive input from only one type of olfactory sensory neuron
Term What are the 4 touch sensations?	Definition pressure, warmth, cold, and pain
Term What are sensory neurons for pain?	Definition C fibers and A-delta fibers
Term Primary emotional and motivational	Definition behavior
Term Secondary emotional and motivational	Definition cognition

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