APSY Unit 3: Sensation & Perception
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- Q1the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energiessensation30s
- Q2the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information,perception30s
- Q3analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of informationbottom-up processing30s
- Q4information processing guided by higher-level mental processestop-down processing30s
- Q5the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulusselective attention30s
- Q6failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhereinattentional blindness30s
- Q7failing to notice changes in the environmentchange blindness30s
- Q8conversion of one form of energy into anothertransduction30s
- Q9the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the timeabsolute threshold30s
- Q10the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associationspriming30s
- Q11the minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the timedifference threshold30s
- Q12the distance from the peak of one light or sound wave to the peak of the nextwavelength30s
- Q13the adjustable opening in the center of the eye through which light enters.pupil30s
- Q14the transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images on the retinalens30s
- Q15the light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the receptor rods and conesretina30s