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| Organs that receive stimuli |
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| Cells in sense that organs translate messages into neural impulses that are sent to the brain |
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| recieving, translating, & transmitting messages |
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| organizing and interpreting information reieved |
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| any aspect of the outside world taht directly influences our behavior or conscious experience |
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| translation of energy from one from to another |
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| smallest magnitude of a stimulus that can be detected half the time |
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| smallest magnitude of a stimulus that can be detected half the time |
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| weakened magnitude of a sensation resulting from prolonged presentation of the stimulus |
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| specialty area of psychology that studies sensory limits, sensory adaptation, and related topics |
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| amount of change in stimulus needed ot detect a diference is in direct proportion to the intensity of the original stimulus |
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| electromagnetic radiation |
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| form of genery including electricity, radio waves, and x-rays, of which light is a part |
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| without this, you cannot retain anything |
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| 125 million cells located outside the center of the retina that transduce light waves into neural impulses, thereby coding info about lgiht and dark |
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| 6 million receptor cells located mostly in the center of the retina that transduce light waves into neural impulses, thereby coding information about light, dark and color |
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| central spot of the retina, contains the greatest concentration of cones |
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| clarity and sharpness of vision |
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| nerve that carries neural messages about vision to the brain |
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| optic nerve attaches to the retina, no rods or cones |
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| brain area where left eye connects to right. right eye connects to left. |
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| increased sensitiviity of the eye in semidarkenss following a reduction in overall illumination |
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| regaining sensitivity of the eye to bright light following an increase in overall illumination |
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| theory of color vision contending that the eye has three different kinds of cones, each of which responds to light of one range of wavelength |
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color vision contending the visual system with 2 color processors.
green-blue, red-yellow. |
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rate of vibration of sound waves
pitch |
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| Major Structures of the Ear |
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| The hammer and anvil makes the horse shoe stirrups to ride the hourse, the horse goes to the oval window |
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| one of the membranes that separate the two tubes of the cochela and on which the organ of corti rests |
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| muscles, joints and skin that offer info about orientation and movement of the head and body |
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| three nearly circulat tubesz int he vestibular organs that inform the brain about tilts of the head and body |
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| tendency for perceptions of objets to remain relatively unchanged in spite of changes in raw sensations |
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| 8 visual cues seen with 1eye open that allows us to perceive depth |
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| 2 visual cues that require both eyes to allow us to perceive depth |
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| relatively focused thinking about fantasies |
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| 2 conscious activities that occur simultaneously |
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| mental processes occuring without awareness |
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| relaxed stte of dreamlike awareness b/t wakefulness/sleep |
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| abrupt movement that sometimes occurs during hte hypnagogic state where the sleepr experiences a sens of falling |
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| conscious awareness during slep that primarily occurs diring rapid-eye-movement |
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| dream content that is similar to events in the person's waking life |
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| literal meaing for dreams |
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| meaning of dream that are found in the symbols of ther content |
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| upsetting nocturnal experiences that occur most often in preschool-age children during deep non-REM sleep |
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| walking and carring on complicated activities during the deepest part of non rem sleep |
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