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| 5390894881 | Visual Agnosia | Inability to recognize objects through sight | 0 | |
| 5390897655 | Sensation | detection of a physical stimulus in the environment | 1 | |
| 5390905099 | Perception | Interpretation of sensation | 2 | |
| 5390918076 | Pyschophysics | The study of how physical stimuli are translated into psychological experiences | 3 | |
| 5390932870 | Accessory structure | the part of a sense organ that is responsible for collecting and modifying energy from the environment (Ex. Lens) | 4 | |
| 5390939468 | Sensory Receptors | specialized cells that respond to certain energy fluctuations in the environment | 5 | |
| 5390946317 | Transduction | occurs when physical energy is converted into neural code, making it possible for the brain to interpret the energy. | 6 | |
| 5390953871 | Thalamus | where information is analyzed and relayed to the appropriate area in the cerebral cortex | 7 | |
| 5390958285 | Sensory Cortex | Located in the parietal lobe. Processes sensory information | 8 | |
| 5390965939 | Absolute Threshold | smallest amount of stimulus energy necessary for sensation to take place 50% of the time. Nothing to something. | 9 | |
| 5390981001 | Signal Detection Theory | examines factors that affect the process of sensation. Detection of stimuli involves decision processes as well as sensory processes. HIT AND MISS. | 10 | |
| 5390989275 | Sensitivity | refers to the ability to detect a stimulus | 11 | |
| 5390991811 | Response Criterion | refers to a person's willingness to respond to a stimulus | 12 | |
| 5390996625 | Difference Threshold (JND) | Smallest detectable difference between two stimuli. Something to something | 13 | |
| 5391017601 | Weber's Law | a difference threshold depends on the strength of the new stimulus in relation to the original stimulus | 14 | |
| 5391025674 | Fecher's Law | continuous increases in physical energy will result in smaller increases in perceived magnitude. | 15 | |
| 5404279817 | Sensory Adaptation | occurs as sensory receptors lose their sensitivity in response to an unchanging stimulus. | 16 | |
| 5404292491 | Pupil | opening in the eye that allows light to enter | 17 | |
| 5404294479 | Iris | a muscle that determines the amount of light that enters through the pupil | 18 | |
| 5404299153 | Lens | located behind the pupil, bends the light wave, focusing on the retina | 19 | |
| 5404301718 | Accommodation | refers to the process of how the lens focuses in and out on images | 20 | |
| 5404306197 | Retina | light sensitive membrane located in the back of the eye where transduction occurs | 21 | |
| 5404311662 | Photoreceptors | sensory receptors responsible for converting light energy into neural code | 22 | |
| 5404315768 | Rods | are more active in dimly lighted conditions and respond to black, white, and shades of grey. | 23 | |
| 5404323174 | Cones | more active in bright-light conditions and help in the detection of fine details and color | 24 | |
| 5404330370 | Fovea | area of the retina where visual acuity is sharpest | 25 | |
| 5404334744 | Bipolar cells | specialized neurons that connect rods and cones to ganglion cells | 26 | |
| 5404339734 | Ganglion cells | specialized neurons that receive and process information from the receptor cells before information is sent to the brain. | 27 | |
| 5404347257 | Optic nerve | carries visual information to the brain | 28 | |
| 5404355215 | Optic disk | an area that contains no rods and cones | 29 | |
| 5404357536 | Blind spot | occurs where the optic nerve leaves the retina, producing a void in the visual field | 30 | |
| 5404361594 | Optic chiasm | refers to the point where the nerves from each visual field meet the brain and then cross to the opposite side of the brain | 31 | |
| 5404369206 | Primary visual cortex | processes the visual information located into the occipital lobe | 32 | |
| 5404373924 | Feature detectors | are neurons in the primary visual cortex, specialized to respond to different aspects of an image such as size, shape, and angle | 33 | |
| 5404383632 | Parallel processing | refers to how the brain processes multiple sources of information simultaneously | 34 | |
| 5404388718 | Hue | refers to the color that people psychologically experience | 35 | |
| 5404392196 | Saturation | refers to the purity of the color | 36 | |
| 5404393631 | Brightness | refers to the intensity of the light wave, which is determined by the amplitude, or height, of a wave | 37 | |
| 5404400857 | Subtraction color mixing | works by removing some wavelengths of light, leaving less light than was originally there | 38 | |
| 5404405180 | Additive color mixing | involves adding more light wavelengths | 39 | |
| 5404409877 | Trichromatic theory of color vision | there are 3 types of cones, each sensitive to a specific wavelength: red sensitive cone, green sensitive cone, and blue sensitive cone. | 40 | |
| 5404417869 | Color blindness | can be explained by trichromatic theory of color vision. Cannot determine between red and green colors | 41 | |
| 5404429451 | Opponent process theory of color vision | color sensitive components of the eye are grouped into three pairs. red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white | 42 | |
| 5404437551 | Afterimage | when an image is perceived even though the stimulus has been removed | 43 | |
| 5404440815 | Pitch | property of a sound wave. high or lowness of a sound | 44 | |
| 5404443288 | Frequency | number of complete waves that pass through a medium every second | 45 | |
| 5404446625 | Hertz | measurement of frequency | 46 | |
| 5404454961 | Timbre | refers to the purity of the sound wave | 47 | |
| 5404457895 | Outer ear | collects and channels sound waves | 48 | |
| 5404459081 | Pinna | visible outer part of the ear, locates the sound wave | 49 | |
| 5404461095 | Auditory canal | channels the sound wave to the eardrum and produces wax to keep particles in the environment out of the ear | 50 | |
| 5404464623 | Eardrum | a membrane that vibrates in response to incoming sound waves (eardrum vibrations match frequency of sound wave) | 51 | |
| 5404468925 | Middle ear | Amplifies sound onto the oval window, which separates the middle ear from the inner ear | 52 | |
| 5404477883 | 3 tiny bones in middle ear | hammer(malleus), anvil(incus), stirrup(stapes) | 53 | |
| 5404486247 | Inner ear | auditory nerve-thalamus-temporal lobe-auditory cortex | 54 | |
| 5404497387 | Cochela | fluid filled tube, resembles a snail | 55 | |
| 5404499679 | Basilar membrane | lines the cochlea and contains hair cells(cilia), the sensory receptors for audition | 56 | |
| 5404519442 | Frequency matching theory | pitch is perceived through the vibrations of the basilar membrane, which are determined by the frequency of sound. | 57 | |
| 5404526778 | Volley principle | when neurons fire as a group in rapid succession they produces a volley of impulses | 58 | |
| 5404530682 | Place theory | pitch depends on where vibrations stimulate the basilar membrane | 59 | |
| 5404534475 | Conduction hearing loss | occurs when either the eardrum is punctured or there is damage to any of the three tiny bones located in the middle ear | 60 | |
| 5404540815 | Sensorineural hearing loss | occurs when there is damage to the hair cells located in the inner ear or auditory nerve | 61 | |
| 5404546512 | Olfactory receptor cells | responsible for the detection of air molecules | 62 | |
| 5404549761 | Olfactory nerves | carry information to the olfactory bulb | 63 | |
| 5404551215 | Olfactory bulb | located at the end of the olfactory cortex, is responsible for processing the sensation of smell | 64 | |
| 5404555248 | Taste buds | are sensory receptors that are activated when substances enter the mouth | 65 | |
| 5404573729 | Sensory interaction | occurs when one sense influences another | 66 | |
| 5404575088 | Ansomia | occurs when a person is unable to distinguish between different smells | 67 | |
| 5404577389 | Synesthesia | "feel a color" or "tasting a geometric shape" | 68 | |
| 5404611454 | Pacinian corpuscles | located beneath the skin, detect touch and pressure | 69 | |
| 5404614366 | Gate control theory | suggest that pain is determined by the opening and closing of the neurological gates in the spinal cord | 70 | |
| 5404619102 | Substance P | neurotransmitter that activates other neurons to open the "gate" resulting in the perception of pain | 71 | |
| 5404622849 | Kinesthetic sense | monitors and coordinates movement among body parts through information sent from sensory neurons called proprioceptors | 72 | |
| 5404629207 | Proprioceptors | located in joints, muscles, and the inner ear and communicate information to the brain concerning tension and movement in the body | 73 | |
| 5404633706 | Vestibular sense | monitors balance in response to movement detected by the proprioceptors. Provided information for vestibular sacs in the inner ear. | 74 | |
| 5404638718 | Bottom-up processing | organization of information, without the use of prior knowledge, beginning with individual elements that are structured together to form a whole. | 75 | |
| 5404647148 | Top-down processing | organization of information that uses prior knowledge to form a whole | 76 | |
| 5404651169 | Figure ground | the ability to distinguish between the figure as the foreground and the ground as the background |  | 77 |
| 5404655496 | Proximity | items close together belong together |  | 78 |
| 5404661016 | Similarity | tendency to group similar objects together to make one whole |  | 79 |
| 5404664919 | Continuity | tendency to see an object as continuing despite an obvious break |  | 80 |
| 5404670759 | Closure | tendency to fill in the missing object and see it as a whole |  | 81 |
| 5404673476 | Common fate | tendency to see objects that move in the same direction as together |  | 82 |
| 5404680765 | Monocular cues | information perceived from one eye that plays a crucial role in the ability to detect depth perception | 83 | |
| 5404689694 | Binocular cues | images that are perceived by both eyes and allow for accurate detection of depth perception | 84 | |
| 5404692953 | Binocular disparity | information that is processed by each eye and fused to form one image | 85 | |
| 5404695909 | Convergence | turning inward of each eye to focus on an up close object | 86 | |
| 5404698391 | Shape constancy | shape of an object remains the same despite a change in the angle from which it is viewed | 87 | |
| 5404702526 | Color constancy | object remains the same despite a change in lighting | 88 | |
| 5404706872 | Brightness constancy | brightness of an object remains the same despite a change in the brightness of the backgroud | 89 | |
| 5404711615 | Size constancy | size of an object remains the same despite the fact that size changes based on distance | 90 | |
| 5404716978 | Stroboscopic motion | perception of movement due to the rapid presentation of changing stationary images | 91 | |
| 5404718778 | Inattentional blindness | inability to see objects due to distraction | 92 | |
| 5404730500 | Multitasking | ability to focus your attention on two distinctly different tasks | 93 | |
| 5404732294 | Selective attention | ability to focus on one task while simultaneously focusing on another | 94 | |
| 5404742102 | Threshold | dividing point between energy levels that do and do not have a detectable effect | 95 | |
| 5404749007 | Detectability | measured in terms of probability and depends on decision making processes as well as sensory processes | 96 | |
| 5404754577 | Subliminal perception | registration of sensory input without conscious awareness | 97 | |
| 5404760792 | Nearsightedness | close objects are seen clearly but distant objects are blurry. Eyeball is too long. | 98 | |
| 5404765571 | Farsightedness | distant objects are seen clearly but close objects appear blurry. Eyeball is too short. | 99 | |
| 5404774918 | Receptive field | The retina is part of your ____ | 100 | |
| 5404777942 | Dark adaptation | the process in which the eyes become more sensitive to light in low illumination | 101 | |
| 5404780810 | Light adaptaiton | the process where the eyes become less sensitive to light in high illumination | 102 | |
| 5404786423 | Ventral stream | processes the details of form, shape, color. The "WHAT" | 103 | |
| 5404789391 | Dorsal stream | process the details of depth, motion. The "WHERE" | 104 | |
| 5404801968 | Prosopagnosia | inability to recognize familiar faces | 105 | |
| 5404812300 | Dicromats | only have two types of color receptors | 106 | |
| 5404821057 | Reversible figure | a drawing that is compatible with tow interpretations that can shift back and forth | 107 | |
| 5404823630 | Perceptual sets | readiness to perceive a stimulus in a particular way (creates bias) | 108 | |
| 5404838224 | Feature analysis | the process of detecting specific elements in visual input and assembling them into more complex form | 109 | |
| 5404883764 | Subjective contours | involves the perception of contours where none actually exist | 110 | |
| 5404885300 | Phi Phenomenon | illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succssion | 111 | |
| 5404890185 | Depth perception | involves interpretation of visual cues that indicate now near/far away objects are | 112 | |
| 5404895063 | Retinal dispolarity | both eyes view something differently within 25 feet | 113 | |
| 5404896798 | Pictoral cues | clues about distance that can be given in a flat picture | 114 | |
| 5404932494 | Visual illusion | involves an apparently inexplicable discrepancy between the appearance of a visual stimulus and its physical reality | 115 | |
| 5404957722 | Impossible figures | objects that can be represented in two dimensional pictures but cannot exist in 3D space | 116 | |
| 5410204560 | Loudness | height of a sound wave determines the | 117 | |
| 5410209538 | Hair cells; rods and cones | _ are the receptor cells for audition and _ are the receptor cells for vision | 118 | |
| 5410230574 | Autokinetic effect | The tendency to perceive a stationary point of light in a dark room as moving | 119 |
