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| the process by which a form of physical engergy is converted into a coded neural signal that can be processed by the nervous system |
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| "visable light" the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye |
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| what happens when rods and cones are exposed to light? |
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| a chemical reaction occurs that results in sight |
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| the enlarged ending of the olfactory cortex at the front of the brain where the snesation of smell is registered |
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| the principle of perception that assists in the registering the distance of objects from each other (ex: dalmation illusion, vase/face illusion) |
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| we tend to follow the _______ in grouping things together |
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| Gestalt Principles of Organization |
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| why do psychologists study perceptual illusions? |
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| to see the factors that influence us in our interpretations of what we see and how we see it. (ex: Mike) |
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| the process of organizing, interpreting, and relation data to existing knowledge |
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| when does sensation occur? |
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| when sensory receptors are stimulated by enviromental changes |
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| which two elements are paired together repeatedly to produce a learned response? |
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| unconditioned stimulus and neural stimulus |
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| a stimulus that elicts a response without it having to have been learned |
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| a response that has not been learned but is natural to human reaction |
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| he formerly neural stimulus that now elicits a learned response |
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| the reaction to a conditioned stimulus |
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| a stimulus paired with an unconditioned stimulus to result in a conditioned respsonse; becomes a conditioned stimulus |
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| when a response occurs only to one particular stimulus and not other similar ones |
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| the reappearance of a conditioned response after time has passed with no exposure to the stimulus |
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| what does spontaneous recovery proove? |
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| that extinction does't mean that the response was unlearned |
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| states that a response followed by a positive effect makes the response more likely to reoccur; opposite with negative |
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| the reinforcment of specific responses until the desired response is finally developed |
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| the mental layout of a familar place that can be formed without enforcement |
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| bandura's observational learning |
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| states that learning occurs by example |
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| a reinforcer is given after a certain amount of responses has occured |
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| a reinforcer is given after an unset amount of responses has occured |
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| a reinforcer is given to the first response after a certain amount of time has passes |
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| variable-interval schedule |
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| a reinforcer is given to the first response after an unset amount of time has passed |
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