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Ch. 05
Purdue PSY 120
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/20/2018

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Define sensation
Definition
the elementary components/building blocks of an experience
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Define perception
Definition
collection of processes used to arrive at a meaningful interpretation of senses
Term
What receptor cells are responsible for vision?
Definition
Rods
Cones
Term
What receptor cells are responsible for hearing?
Definition
Hair cells
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What receptor cells are responsible for smell?
Definition
Olfactory
Term
What receptor cells are responsible for taste?
Definition
Gustatory
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Define trichromatic theory
Definition
Color info is gained by comparing the relative activations of the three different types of cone receptors
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Define opponent process theory
Definition
cells in the visual pathway increase their activation levels to one color and decrease their activation levels to another color
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Define bottom up processing
Definition
Processing that starts w/the actual physical message
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Define frequency theory
Definition
Pitch perception is determined partly by the frequency of neural impulses traveling up the auditory pathway
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What are the 5 Gestalt principles of organization?
Definition
Law of proximity
Law of similarity
Law of closure
Law of good continuation
Law of common fate
Term
Define law of proximity
Definition
If elements of a display are close to each other (spatial proximity) they tend to be grouped together as part of the same object
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Define law of similarity
Definition
Items that share physical properties (physically resemble each other) are placed into the same set
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Define law of closure
Definition
Even when a loop has a gap, we perceive the object as whole
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Define law of good continuation
Definition
If lines are interrupted, we see continually flowing lines
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Define law of common fate
Definition
If things appear to be moving in the same direction, we tend to group them together
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