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| 8454695648 | Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory | The theory that we have three sets of cones: blue, red, and green that form various combinations to create color vision. Does not account for the afterimage effect and color blindness. | 0 | |
| 8454695649 | Monochromatic | One set of cones | 1 | |
| 8454695650 | Dichromatic | Two sets of cones | 2 | |
| 8454695651 | Trichromatic | Three sets of cones | 3 | |
| 8454695652 | Opponent-Process Theory | The theory that sensory receptors in the retina come in pairs: red/green, yellow/blue, and black/white and that when one sensor is inhibited, the other sensor of the pair is inhibited. It explained afterimages and color blindness. | 4 | |
| 8454695653 | Perceptual Organization | An organized whole formed by integrating information. Highly stressed by Gestalt psychologists. | 5 | |
| 8454695654 | Synesthesia | The condition in which one sense is simultaneously perceived by one or more additional senses | 6 | |
| 8454695655 | Sensation | Method of representing and receiving stimuli that is gathered by using sensory receptors and the nervous system | 7 | |
| 8454695656 | Cornea | Protects the eye and bends light to provide focus |  | 8 |
| 8454695657 | Pupil | Adjustable opening in the center of the eye where light enters |  | 9 |
| 8454695658 | Iris | Colored ring of muscle around the pupil that controls how much the pupil opens |  | 10 |
| 8454695659 | Lens | Transparent structure behind the pupil that focuses images for the retina |  | 11 |
| 8454695660 | Retina | Light sensitive inner surface of the eye that processes visual information |  | 12 |
| 8454695661 | Accomodation | Process by which the lens changes shape to focus on near or far objects | 13 | |
| 8454695662 | Rods | Respond to gray, black, and white. There are more of them than there are cones. | 14 | |
| 8454695663 | Cones | Responds to color | 15 | |
| 8454695664 | Optic Nerve | Receives visual impulses from ganglion cells, which receive them from bipolar cells, which receive them from the rods and cones | 16 | |
| 8454695665 | Blind Spot | Where the optic nerve leaves the eye; void of receptor cells | 17 | |
| 8454695666 | Fovea | Central focal point of retina where cones cluster |  | 18 |
| 8454695667 | Audition | Hearing | 19 | |
| 8454695668 | Amplitude of Sound Waves | Strength of a wave; determines loudness |  | 20 |
| 8454695669 | Frequency of Sound Waves | Length of a wave; determines pitch |  | 21 |
| 8454695670 | Decibel | How sound is measured; every ten decibels is a tenfold increase | 22 | |
| 8454695671 | Outer Ear | Where sound waves are "collected" |  | 23 |
| 8454695672 | Auditory Canal | The area that sound waves pass through to reach the eardrum |  | 24 |
| 8454695673 | Eardrum | A thin membrane that marks the beginning of the middle ear; sound waves cause it to vibrate |  | 25 |
| 8454695674 | Middle Ear | The chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones known as the hammer, anvil, and stirrup. They amplify sound waves. | 26 | |
| 8454695675 | Cochlea | A coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses |  | 27 |
| 8454695676 | Inner Ear | The innermost part of the ear, containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs |  | 28 |
| 8454695677 | Auditory Nerve | Carries nerve impulses from the cochlea to the brain. Also called the Cochlear Nerve. |  | 29 |
| 8454695678 | Semicircular Canals | Passages in the inner ear associated with maintaining equilibrium |  | 30 |
| 8454695679 | Vestibular Sacs | Organs of the inner ear that contain receptors thought to be primarily responsible for balance |  | 31 |
| 8454695680 | Conduction Hearing Loss | Damage to the parts of the ear that conduct sound waves to the cochlea (middle ear, eardrum, etc.) | 32 | |
| 8454695681 | Sensorineural Hearing Loss | Damage to the cochlea's receptors or auditory nerve | 33 | |
| 8454695682 | Cochlear Implant | A technological replacement for damaged cochleas and auditory nerves |  | 34 |
| 8454695683 | Kinesthesis | System that senses the movement and position of individual body parts | 35 | |
| 8454695684 | Vestibular Sense | Sense of body movement and position | 36 | |
| 8454695685 | Balance | A result of the semicircular canals and vestibular sacs | 37 | |
| 8454695686 | Touch | The act of skin recepetors responding to pressure | 38 | |
| 8454695687 | Nociceptors | Sensory pain receptors | 39 | |
| 8454695688 | Taste | The act of taste buds responding to stimuli to indicate something | 40 | |
| 8454695689 | Smell | The act of inhaling to trigger olfactory (smell) nerves in the nose. It is linked to recognition and memory. | 41 | |
| 8454695690 | Farsighted | Being able to only see clearly from a far distance while close up objects are blurry | 42 | |
| 8454695691 | Nearsighted | Being able to see clearly close up whie objects far away are blurry | 43 | |
| 8454695692 | Cataract | Clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye | 44 | |
| 8454695693 | Glaucoma | Damage to the optic nerve due to pressure caused by extra fluid in the front of your eye | 45 | |
| 8454720414 | Perception | Process of organizing and interpreting sensory information that causes recognition | 46 | |
| 8454720415 | Bottom-Up Processing | Analysis beginning with the sensory receptors and then to the brain, where sensory information is integrated | 47 | |
| 8454720416 | Top-Down Processing | Analysis of sensory information using higher-level mental processes to create perception | 48 | |
| 8454720417 | Psychophysics | Study of the psychological effects of physical stimuli | 49 | |
| 8454720418 | Absolute Threshold | The minimum amount of stimulation to detect the stimuli 50% of the time | 50 | |
| 8454720419 | Signal Detection Theory | Theory that experience and other factors affects how and when we detect faint stimuli amongst other stimuli | 51 | |
| 8454720420 | Subliminal | Below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness (usually has no influence) | 52 | |
| 8454720421 | Priming | An unconscious activation of an association | 53 | |
| 8454720422 | Difference Threshold | Minimum difference between two stimuli to detect the just noticeable difference (jnd) 50% of the time | 54 | |
| 8454720423 | Weber's Law | States that the just noticeable difference is a percentage and not an amount | 55 | |
| 8454720424 | Sensory Adaptation | Decreased responsiveness to a stimuli due to over stimulation | 56 | |
| 8454720425 | Feature Detectors | Specific brain cells/areas that respond to specific stimuli | 57 | |
| 8454720426 | Parallel Processing | Processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; leads to recognition | 58 | |
| 8454720427 | Figure-Ground | Organization of the visual field to differentiate objects and their surroundings | 59 | |
| 8454720428 | Grouping | Tendency to group stumuli together because of proximity, similarity, continuity, connectness, and closure | 60 | |
| 8454720429 | Depth Perception | Ability to perceive 3d images despite the retina only receiving 2d images | 61 | |
| 8454720430 | Visual Cliff | Lab test of depth perception in small animals and infants that resulted in the conclusion that deptch perception grows with age and occurs by the time an infant or animal is mobile |  | 62 |
| 8454720431 | Binocular Cues | Cues that depend on both eyes | 63 | |
| 8454720432 | Retinal Disparity | The greater the difference between the two images perceived by the two eyes, the closer the object; binocular cue |  | 64 |
| 8454720433 | Monocular Cues | Depth cues available to each eye by itself | 65 | |
| 8454720434 | Horizontal-Vertical Illusion | Perception of vertical dimensions being greater than horizontal ones; monocular cue |  | 66 |
| 8454720435 | Light-And-Shadow Effect | Figures with less light seem farther away; monocular cue |  | 67 |
| 8454720436 | Relative Height | Objects that are higher in our field of vision are perceived as farther away; monocular cue |  | 68 |
| 8454720437 | Relative Size | The smaller the object, the farther away we perceive it; monocular cue |  | 69 |
| 8454720438 | Interposition | If one object blocks another, we perceive it as closer; monocular cue |  | 70 |
| 8454720439 | Linear Perspective | As parallel lines converge, they appear farther away; monocular cue |  | 71 |
| 8454720440 | Relative Motion | When moving, figures in front of a fixation point seem to be moving backwards and figures behind it seem to move with us, getting faster the farther they are; monocular cue |  | 72 |
| 8454720441 | Stroboscopic Movement | A rapid series of slightly different images are perceived as a continuous motion |  | 73 |
| 8454720442 | Phi Phenomenon | An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in succession |  | 74 |
| 8454720443 | Perceptual Constancy | The ability to recognize figures despite changes in size, shape, brightness, or color |  | 75 |
| 8454720444 | Shape Constancy | The ability to recognize a figure despite a change in our angle of view |  | 76 |
| 8454720445 | Size Constancy | The perception of a specific object having a set size despite changes in distance |  | 77 |
| 8454720446 | Lightness Constancy | Perception of an object of having a constant lightness despite changes in illumination |  | 78 |
| 8454720447 | Relative Luminance | The principle that with an increased amount of illumination around a figure, the figure will appear darker and vice versa |  | 79 |
| 8454720448 | Color Constancy | Perception of a figure to have a constant color despite changes in illumination |  | 80 |
| 8454720449 | Perceptual Adaptation | The ability to adjust to changes in the visual field | 81 | |
| 8454720450 | Perceptual Set | The tendency to perceive something one way because of past experiences | 82 | |
| 8454720451 | Human Factors Psychology | The branch of psychology studying how machines and people interact and how machines and environments can be made safe and easier to move | 83 | |
| 8454720452 | Place Theory | Theory that the place where the cochlea is stimulated determines the pitch | 84 | |
| 8454720453 | Frequency Theory | Theory that the frequency of a sound wave determines pitch as opposed to the place theory | 85 | |
| 8454720454 | Phantom Limb Sensation | The misinterpretation of signals as belonging to a phantom limb | 86 | |
| 8454720455 | Sensory Interaction | The principle that senses influence one another with vision usually being dominant | 87 | |
| 8454865334 | Transduction | The transformation of signals into neural impulses | 88 | |
| 8454873808 | Cocktail-party Phenomenon | The ability to focus in on one auditory stimulus while filtering out a range of other | 89 | |
| 8454929733 | Energy Senses | Vision (light), hearing (sound waves), and touch (pressure). | 90 | |
| 8454929954 | Chemical Senses | Smell and taste | 91 | |
| 8454933625 | Vision | Sight | 92 | |
| 8454933819 | Occipital Lobe | The region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information |  | 93 |
| 8454942802 | Visible Light | Electromagnetic radiation that can be seen with the unaided eye |  | 94 |
| 8454942803 | Afterimages | The image seen when looking at a blank space after looking at an image extensively. |  | 95 |
| 8454947715 | Color Blindness | The inability to perceive some shades, usually in pairs (the same pairs proposed by the opponent-process theory) |  | 96 |
| 8454949883 | Sound Waves | Vibrations in the air that are collected by the outer ear |  | 97 |
| 8454953992 | Gate-Control Theory | Theory that high priority pain signals open a "gate" that lets pain signals travel to the brain while low priority pain signals close it up | 98 | |
| 8464204967 | Sensory Habituation | How our perception of stimuli is affected by how focused we are on them | 99 | |
| 8465466558 | Sweet | Form of taste that indicates the energy source | 100 | |
| 8465466559 | Salty | Form of taste that indicates the sodium content | 101 | |
| 8465466560 | Sour | Form of taste that indicates the amount of toxic acid | 102 | |
| 8465469011 | Bitter | Form of taste that indicates poisonous content | 103 | |
| 8465469012 | Unami | Form of taste that indicates protein content | 104 |
