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| Process by which sensory receptor neurons detect information and transmit them to the brain |
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| Interpretation of sensory input |
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| Argue that perceptions of the world are constructed over time through learning - nurture |
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| Innate capabilities and maturational programs are the driving forces in perceptual development |
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| Process of learning to be bored with a stimulus |
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| Ability to perceive detail |
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| Ability of the lens of the eye to change shape to bring objects at different distances into focus |
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| Recognition that an object is the same size despite changes in its distance from the eyes |
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| Test for babies who would cross the "abyss" to reach their mother |
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| Organized system of knowledge in infants |
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| Advanced amplification device |
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| Recognition through one sense an object familiar trough another sense - seeing an object by touching it |
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| A window of time during which an individual is more affected by experience, and thus has a higher level of plasticity than at other times throughout life |
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| A clouding of the lens that leaves infants nearly blind from birth if it is not corrected |
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| focusing of perception and cognition on something in particular |
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| Reacts to events in the environment |
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| Deliberately concentrating on one thing while ignoring something else |
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| The point at which low levels of stimulation can be detected |
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| Process in which the eyes adapt to darkness and become more sensitive to the low level of light available |
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| Decreasesd ability of the lens to accommodate objects close to the eye |
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| Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) |
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| Retinal problem which results from damage to cells in the retina responsible for central vision |
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| Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) |
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| Group of hereditary disorders that all involve gradual deterioration of the light-sensitive cells of the retina |
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| Increased fluid pressure in the eye can damage the optic nerve and can cause a progressive loss of peripheral vision and blindness |
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| Problems of the aging ear |
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