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| 7301946277 | Ishihara Test | This measures color blindness. | 0 | |
| 7301947322 | Signal Detection Theory | This theory explains that although we have absolute thresholds for our senses, at times we are more tuned in because of our arousal, and may be able to detect things beyond our normal absolute threshold for our senses. | 1 | |
| 7301950995 | Tympanic Membrane | This is the term for the eardrum. | 2 | |
| 7301956117 | Opponent Process Theory | This is the theory of color vision that sensory receptors come in pairs and that if one color is stimulated, the other is inhibited. | 3 | |
| 7301957546 | Synethesia | This is the neurological joining of the senses. | 4 | |
| 7301963145 | Psychophysics | The study of the connection between physical stimulation in the environment and the psychological experience of those stimuli, including perception of sensation. | 5 | |
| 7301969304 | Phantom Limb Syndrome | This is the term that refers to the feelings of pain, tickling, itching, etc in areas where limbs have been severed. | 6 | |
| 7301973976 | Visual Capture | This refers to the dominance of vision over all other senses. | 7 | |
| 7301976307 | Constancy | This refers to how we continue to see a door as rectangular, even as the door opens and no longer appears to be rectangular. | 8 | |
| 7301987121 | Sensory Adaptation | This is the term for diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation. | 9 | |
| 7301987680 | Habituation | This is the term for when you get used to a sensation and stop noticing it. | 10 | |
| 7301990685 | Fovea | This is the part of the retina where cones are clustered and vision is the sharpest. | 11 | |
| 7315046988 | Human Factors | This is the study of how to design products to be safer for the user. | 12 | |
| 7315137344 | Pheromones | These are sexual chemical messengers picked up by the olfactory sense. | 13 | |
| 7327783053 | Ear Drum | This is after the pinna in the order for transduction in the ear. | 14 | |
| 7327790691 | Pinna | First part of the ear in the order of auditory transduction. | 15 | |
| 7327794937 | Ossicles | This is the broad term for the bones in the ear. | 16 | |
| 7327799651 | Anvil | In the middle ear; first ossicle in the order of transduction | 17 | |
| 7327799803 | Hammer | In the middle ear; second ossicle in the order of transduction | 18 | |
| 7327801265 | Stirrup | In the middle ear; last ossicle in the order of transduction | 19 | |
| 7327801266 | Incus | The technical name for the first ossicle in the middle ear. | 20 | |
| 7327801267 | Malleus | The technical name for the second ossicle in the middle ear | 21 | |
| 7327803225 | Stapes | The technical name for the last ossicle in the middle ear | 22 | |
| 7327813814 | Oval Window | This is the opening at the head of the cochlea, that connects the middle and inner ear. | 23 | |
| 7327816243 | Vestibular Window | This is the technical name for the opening at the head of the cochlea. | 24 | |
| 7327816244 | Cochlea | This is the coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses; it vibrates. | 25 | |
| 7327817905 | Basilar Membrane | This is the mucus covering inside the cochlea that contains the hair cells (cilia). | 26 | |
| 7327817906 | Cilia | These are located in the basilar membrane; these hairs vibrate. | 27 | |
| 7327820140 | Organ of Corti | This is the exact spot in the basilar membrane where hair cell vibrations turn into neural impulses and are then sent to the auditory nerve; where transduction occurs in the ear. | 28 | |
| 7327889071 | Auditory Nerve | This is the next place that neural impulses go after the Organ of Corti before they pass to the thalamus | 29 | |
| 7327820141 | Thalamus (ear) | This is where neural impulses are sent after passing through the auditory nerve. | 30 | |
| 7327821432 | Temporal Lobes | This is the final place where transduction occurs in the ear and is the auditory center of the brain. | 31 | |
| 7328549951 | Photoreceptors | Rods and cones are types of what? | 32 | |
| 7328560971 | Nocioceptors | These are specialized pain receptors in the skin, muscles, and internal organs. | 33 | |
| 7328570973 | Substance P | This is the neurotransmitter that is involved in the transmission of pain messages to the brain. | 34 | |
| 7328905235 | Endorphin | This is the transmitter that helps to alleviate pain. | 35 | |
| 7328910337 | Gate Control Theory | This is the idea that there is a neural gate that only allows some pain signals to be sensed. | 36 | |
| 7330348299 | Bottom-Up | This is the processing that begins with sensory information and works up to the brain to recognize meaningful objects and events. | 37 | |
| 7330357836 | Inattentional | This kind of blindness refers to failing to see visible objects because our attention is not on those objects. | 38 | |
| 7330363408 | Change | This type of blindness refers to failing to notice changes in the environment. | 39 | |
| 7330374433 | Pop-Out Phenomenon | This is the when striking distinct stimulus draws your eye. | 40 | |
| 7330392774 | Difference Threshold | Refers to the minimal difference that can be detected between two similar stimuli. | 41 | |
| 7330397220 | Just Noticeable Difference | This is measured by Weber's Law stating that a 10% difference is needed for a difference threshold. | 42 | |
| 7330404179 | Iris | This is the colored muscle of the eye that controls the pupil; comes after the cornea in the order of transduction. | 43 | |
| 7330411810 | Cornea | This is the curved, transparent, protective layer through which light rays enter the eye; first part in the order of transduction | 44 | |
| 7330419952 | Pupil | This is the center of the eye, allows light to enter; controls amount of light is allowed into the eye; after cornea in order of transduction. | 45 | |
| 7330424311 | Lens | This is the transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images on the retina; after the iris/pupil in the order of transduction. | 46 | |
| 7330453956 | Retina | This is the back part of the eye where the photoreceptors are and where transduction occurs; comes after the lens in the order of transduction. | 47 | |
| 7330465556 | Rods | Photoreceptor that is located in the periphery part of the retina, detects black, white and gray, and is sensitive to dim light. | 48 | |
| 7330465557 | Cones | Photoreceptor that is near the center of the retina, detects very fine detail and color vision, and is best in well-lit conditions. | 49 | |
| 7330467120 | Bipolar | These cells transmit signals from the photoreceptors to the ganglionic cells | 50 | |
| 7330467121 | Ganglionic | These cells receive visual information from photoreceptors and come after bipolar cells in the order of transduction. | 51 | |
| 7330467122 | Optic Nerve | This is the part of the eye that is made up of the axons of the ganglion cells that carry information from the eye to the thalamus. | 52 | |
| 7330468996 | Thalamus (eye) | This is where neural impulses from the optic nerve are sent. | 53 | |
| 7330471546 | Occipital Lobes | This is the final part of transduction in the eye; these are the visual center of the brain. | 54 | |
| 7330486073 | Optic Chiasm | This is the spot where the optic nerves cross in the brain | 55 | |
| 7330487759 | Optic Disk | This is the technical term for where the optic nerve leaves the eye. | 56 | |
| 7330487760 | Blind Spot | This is the simplified term for where there are no rods or cones present. | 57 | |
| 7330562599 | Feature Detectors | Respond to specific things such as edges, lines, angles, and movements. | 58 | |
| 7330568390 | David Hubel and Torsten Weisel | Discovered feature detectors (alphabetically) | 59 | |
| 7330570973 | Parallel Processing | This refers to the ability to process several things simultaneously such as movement, depth, color, and shape. | 60 | |
| 7330576353 | Young-Helmholtz | This theory holds that the retina contains color receptors for red, green, and blue; believe being blind is caused by the lack of cones for specific colors. | 61 | |
| 7330578948 | Trichromatic Theory | This is another name for the theory proposed by Helmholtz that any color can be created by combining the light waves of three primary colors. | 62 | |
| 7330590012 | Place | This is Helmholt'z theory of pitch that states that we hear different pitches at different places on the cochlea's basilar membrane. | 63 | |
| 7330596794 | Frequency Theory | This is the idea that all the hair cells in the cochlea vibrate, but at different speeds. | 64 | |
| 7330601840 | Sensorineural Deafness | This is caused by damage to the cilia (hair cells) that are in the cochlea; also called nerve or neural; can be helped by use of a cochlear implant. | 65 | |
| 7330608073 | Conductive Deafness | This refers to when the signal is not getting to the cochlea; can be helped sometimes by a hearing aid. | 66 | |
| 7330618301 | Olfactory Bulb | The sense of smell is aided by what? | 67 | |
| 7330624081 | Vestibular | This sense is our sense of balance. | 68 | |
| 7330626272 | Semicircular Canals | The fluid in this part of the ear aids in our sense of balance. | 69 | |
| 7330629507 | Cerebellum | This is the part of the brain that controls balance. | 70 | |
| 7330637176 | Sensory Interaction | This is the principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food enhances taste. | 71 | |
| 7330643009 | Gustation | This is our sense of taste. | 72 | |
| 7330649557 | Sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami | This is the five basic tastes, in order of the tongue. | 73 | |
| 7330652984 | Kinesthetic | This sense allows us to use and to know where our body parts are without having to look at them. | 74 | |
| 7330657253 | Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk | These are the psychologists that studied toddlers' depth perception in the Visual Cliff Experiment. | 75 | |
| 7330660927 | Stroboscopic Effect | This is the technical term for the phi phenomenon where someone will see movement even though there is no motion. | 76 | |
| 7330662245 | Flipbook Effect | This is another term for the phi phenomenon that movement is perceived without it actually being there. | 77 | |
| 7330676631 | Binocular Cues | These needs both eyes to be detected. | 78 | |
| 7330678077 | Retinal Disparity | This is the binocular cue of perceiving depth by comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes and computing distance. | 79 | |
| 7330681831 | Convergence | This is the binocular cue that as an object comes closer our eyes have to come together to keep focused on it. | 80 | |
| 7330687751 | Color Constancy | This is the ability to perceive colors of objects with a variance of light sources. | 81 | |
| 7330693449 | Vomernasal Organ | This is the part of the olfactory system that is sensitive to pheromones. | 82 | |
| 7330699449 | Proprioceptive Senses | These are the sensory systems that allow us to know about where we are and what each part of our body is doing. | 83 | |
| 7330703849 | Weber's Law | This refers to the fact that it takes 10% or higher difference to notice a difference, not the amount per se. | 84 | |
| 7330709597 | Fechner, Stevens, Weber | These are the three psychologists that created principles upon the difference threshold. (alphabetically) | 85 | |
| 7330713496 | Boiled Frog Syndrome | This is a metaphor for our inability to react to gradual big changes. | 86 | |
| 7330719065 | Prosopagnosia | This is the inability to recognize faces. | 87 | |
| 7330717097 | Perceptual Set | This refers to the influence of prior assumptions and expectations on perceptual interpretations. | 88 | |
| 7330720759 | Umami | This is the taste that recognizes a meaty texture. | 89 | |
| 7330724978 | Parapsychology | This is a field of psychology that seeks to scientifically explain what it currently cannot. | 90 | |
| 7330729759 | Koffka, Kohler, Wertheimer | These were early pioneers in Gestalt Psychology. (alphabetically) | 91 | |
| 7330737539 | Transduction | This is the term for when sensory information becomes a neural impulse. | 92 | |
| 7330739759 | Phi Phenomenon | This is the perception of motion when there is none. | 93 | |
| 7330746297 | Psi Phenomenon | This is the term for puported paranormal happenings that include ESP and PK. | 94 | |
| 7330751711 | Pareidolia | This is seeing meaning where there is no meaning. | 95 | |
| 7330753313 | Opponent Process | This theory holds that when one color cone is stimulated, the opposite color cone is inhibited, which explains afterimages. | 96 | |
| 7330765429 | Cocktail Party Phenomenon | This refers to the fact that we can listen to one conversation among many; a type of selective attention. | 97 | |
| 7330767879 | Stroop Effect | This refers to the difficulty many people have in reading the words for colors when the font of the color is different from the word written. | 98 | |
| 7330772284 | cold, pain, pressure, hot | These are the four somatosensations (alphabetically) | 99 | |
| 7330774376 | Figure Ground Relationship | This refers to the organization of the visual field into objects that stand out from their surroundings. | 100 | |
| 7330776576 | Cochlea Implant | This is a device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea. | 101 | |
| 7330780829 | Law of Pragnanz | This is the Gestalt rule that the simplest, most obvious option is what we tend to see. | 102 | |
| 7330782979 | ROY G BIV | This is the dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light, what we know as the color names blue, red, orange, etc.. | 103 | |
| 7330789719 | Papillae | These are the bumps on your tongue that have taste buds on them. | 104 | |
| 7330793232 | 10 | According to Weber's Law, for a difference threshold to be reached it requires what percent change? | 105 | |
| 7330796973 | Absolute Threshold | The weakest signal we can detect with any of our senses at least half of the time is known as what? | 106 | |
| 7330803127 | Binding Problem | This is the combination of individual sensations into one percept. | 107 | |
| 7330808943 | Hearing, sight, touch | These are the energy senses (generic and alphabetical) | 108 | |
| 7330810309 | Smell, taste | These are the chemical senses (generic and alphabetical) | 109 | |
| 7330812562 | Short | This wavelength has a blueish hue and produces high pitched sounds. | 110 | |
| 7330815257 | Long | This wavelength has a reddish hue and produces low pitched souonds. | 111 | |
| 7330816159 | Ganzfeld Procedure | This is the lab procedure used to test for ESP by reducing sensory distractors. | 112 | |
| 7330817946 | Accomodation | This is the term for when the lens changes shape to focus. | 113 | |
| 7330820685 | Decibels | The loudness of hearing is measured in what? | 114 | |
| 7330821987 | 85 | Any prolonged sound over this decibel level will cause hearing loss. | 115 | |
| 7330828453 | Vanishing Point | This is the spot where the two rails of a railroad track appear to touch in the distance. | 116 | |
| 7330831191 | Dishabituation | This is when even a small change can get you to notice something you had become habituated to. | 117 | |
| 7330835291 | Parietal Lobes | The somatosensory cortex is located where? | 118 | |
| 7330836677 | Touch | The somatosensory cortex processes what sense? | 119 | |
| 7330838399 | Volley | This is the theory that the cochlea combines multiple stimuli to process high frequency sounds that are too frequent for neurons to process. | 120 | |
| 7330842425 | Learning Based Inference | This is the idea that we see what we expect to see. | 121 | |
| 7330844281 | Herman von Helmhotz | Came up with learning based inference, trichromatic theory, place theory, and Herman's Grid. | 122 | |
| 7330853040 | Law of Similarity | Gestalt principle that like objects will be perceived as being in the same group. | 123 | |
| 7330854530 | Law of Proximity | Gestalt principle that objects that are closed together will be grouped together. | 124 | |
| 7330857727 | Law of Common Fate | Gestalt principle that when all components of an element move together or blend together, they'll be grouped together. | 125 | |
| 7330866558 | Continuity | Gestalt idea that objects that create a continuous for will be grouped together. | 126 | |
| 7330869922 | Closure | Gestalt idea that we fill in gaps if we recognize them. | 127 | |
| 7330872881 | Synesthesia | This is a joining of specific senses. | 128 | |
| 7330876947 | Size Constancy | This refers to how we continue to see a person or object as the same size, even though context or distance may make them appear larger or smaller. | 129 | |
| 7330880134 | Connectiveness | Gestalt idea that objects that are connected will be perceived as related. | 130 | |
| 7330885715 | Relative Height | Monocular cue that says that things higher in our range of vision seem further away. | 131 | |
| 7330888780 | Relative Size | Monocular cue that the largest of two of the same objects is closest. | 132 | |
| 7330891018 | Interposition | Monocular cue that a nearer object will overlap an object further in the distance. | 133 | |
| 7330893273 | Linear Perspective | Monocular cue that parallel lines converge in the distance. | 134 | |
| 7330895159 | Relative Motion | Monocular cue that things that are closer are faster. | 135 | |
| 7330896477 | Motion Parallax | Monocular cue associated with depth perceptional offers perceptual clues about distance and motion | 136 | |
| 7330899812 | Texture Gradient | Monocular cue that things are coarser the closer they are. | 137 | |
| 7330904506 | Ponzo Illusion |  | 138 | |
| 7330903440 | Muller-Lyer Illusion |  | 139 | |
| 7330904507 | Herman's Grid |  | 140 | |
| 7330906449 | Kanizsa's Triangle |  | 141 | |
| 7330906450 | Motion Perception | This is the process of inferring the speed and direction of elements in a scene based upon visual, vestibular, and propioceptive inputs. | 142 | |
| 7330927087 | Sensation | This is your window to the world. | 143 | |
| 7330927957 | Perception | This is interpreting what comes in your window. | 144 | |
| 7330929919 | Sensory Deprivation | Shown in Blakemore and Cooper's kitten experiment where one aspect of sense was stripped away. | 145 | |
| 7330936487 | Selective Attention | This is the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus. | 146 | |
| 7330937846 | Subliminal Stimulation | This is below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness and the feelings are fleeting and subtle. | 147 | |
| 7330941646 | Ambiguous | There are different answers for what lies in these images. | 148 | |
| 7330944960 | Poggendorff Illusion |  | 149 | |
| 7330947498 | Ergonomics | This is a subcategory of human facts that focuses on the design of equipment in accordance to human capabilities and limitations. | 150 | |
| 7330953230 | Brightness | This is the result of the fact that a wave gives us it's intensity. | 151 | |
| 7330955553 | Ishihara Color Blindness Test |  | 152 | |
| 7330957637 | Afterimage | These occur when our photoreceptors (cones) adapt from over stimulation and lose sensitivity. | 153 | |
| 7330960856 | Frequency | This is the number of complete wavelengths that pass through a point at a give time; determines pitch | 154 | |
| 7330963555 | Amplitude | Determined by the height of a wave; it is how loud the sound is; measured in decibels | 155 | |
| 7330964431 | Pitch | Determined by the frequency of the wave | 156 | |
| 7330968534 | Sound Localization | This is the ability to listen and identify the location/distance of the detected sound. | 157 | |
| 7330970715 | Haptic Perception | This is the recognition of objects by touch. | 158 | |
| 7330972580 | Melzak and Wall | Created the Gate Control Theory of Pain | 159 | |
| 7330972582 | Telepathy | This is the idea of mind to mind communication. | 160 | |
| 7330985180 | Clairvoyance | This is the idea of perceiving remote events. | 161 | |
| 7330986314 | Precognition | This is the idea of perceiving future events. | 162 | |
| 7330987150 | ESP | This is part of the Psi Phenomenon stationed in telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance. | 163 | |
| 7330989722 | Psychokinesis | This is part of the Psi Phenomenon that believes in mind over matter and the ability to move external things. | 164 |
