Unit 4 Sensation and Perception Term Sheet
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1. Opening Definitions
Sensation
Perception
2. Psychophysics
Thresholds
Absolute Threshold
Difference Threshold (-JND-JustNoticeableDifference)
Webers Law
Signal Detection Theory
Subliminal Perception
Priming
Sensory Adaptation
Transduction
3. The Sense of Vision
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Light Waves
Amplitude and Intensity
Wavelength and Hue Purity
Cornea
Pupil
Iris
Lens
Accommodation
Acuity
Nearsightedness/Myopia
Farsightedness/Hyperopia
Retina
Fovea
Photoreceptors
Rods
Cones
Optic Nerve
Ganglion Cells
Optic Disk/Blindspot
Optic Chiasm
Thalamus
Lateral Geniculate Nuclues
Occipital Lobe
Primary Visual Cortex
Hubel and Wiesel
Feature Detectors
Parallel Processing
Color Blindedness
Three Color Theory
Opponent Process Theory
Afterimage
4. The Sense of Hearing
Sound Waves
Amplitude/Strength
Decibles
Wavelength/Frequency
Hertz
Purity/Complexity
Tibre
External Ear
Pinna
Auditory Canal
Eardrum
Middle Ear
Ossicles
Hammer/Mallus
Anvil/Incus
Stirrup/Stapes
Inner Ear
Oval Window
Cochlea
Basilar Membrane
Hair Cells
Auditory Nerve
Semicircular Canals
Vestibular Sense
Thalamus
Temporal Lobe
Primary Auditory Cortex
Conductive Hearing Loss
Neural Hearing Loss
Place Theory of Pitch
Frequency Theory of Pitch
The Volley Principle
Auditory Localization
5. The Sense of Touch
Cutaneous Receptors (Touch, Temp, Pain)
Phantom Limbs
Ramachandran
Gate Control Theory
Chronic Pain
6. The Sense of Taste
Gustatory System
Taste Receptors (Bitter Sweet Sour Salt)
Supertasters
Papillae
Taste Bud
Sensory Interaction 7. The Sense of Smell
Olfactory System
Olfactory Cilia
Olfactory Bulb
8. Introductory Perception Concepts
Bottom Up Processing Top Down Processing
Subjectivity of Perception
Ambiguous Figures
Context Effect
Perceptual Set
Schemas
Backmasking
Selective Attention
Stroop Effect
Inattentional Blindness
Neckers Cube
Perceptual Adaptation
Human Factors Psychologists
9. Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization
Perceptual Organization
Gestalt
Figure Ground
Proximity
Similarity
Continuity - Good Continuation
Closure
Common Fate
Connectedness
10. Depth Perception
Visual Cliff
Binocular Cues
Retinal Disparity
Convergence
Monocular Cues
Linear Perspective
Texture Gradient
Interposition
Relative Size
Height In Plane/Relative Height
Light and Shadow/Relative Brightness
Relative Clarity
Relative Motion
11. Perceptual Constancy
Size
Shape
Lightness
Brightness
12. Illusions
Muller Lyer
Ponzo
Poggendorff
Zollner
Ames
Impossible Figures
Phi Phenomenon
Visual Capture
13. Extra Sensory Perception
Parapsychologistists
Telepathy
Clairvoyence
Precognition
Psychokinesis