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•Chapter 6: Sensation &
Perception
•Questions compiled by Sue Boland, LHU of PA
Program developed by Dan Hosey, Bucknell U.
Common
sense?
Sense
detectives
Measure by
Measure
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The eyes
have it
Turn on
the lights
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It’s the detection of
physical energy emitted
or reflected by physical
objects.
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C1 - 200
200
You and a friend see some
hovering shapes in the sky.
You say they are weather
balloons, your friend says
they are flying saucers. The
two of you share a
sensation, but differ in this.
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C1 - 300
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A category of body organs
that contain cells that
detect physical energy.
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The reason why a dog can
hear a “silent” dog whistle
than a human can’t.
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A rare condition in which a
stimulation of one sense
causes a sensation in
another. For example, a
person may a smell the
color purple.
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C2 - 100
100
Cells that detect physical
energy.
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C2 - 200
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Part of our anatomy that contains
light receptors.
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C2 - 300
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Type of sensory code base on
pattern of cells firing (sending
nerve impulses).
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C2 - 400
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Most people can’t see a light
shown in their ear according
to this doctrine.
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C2 -500
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The type of code our
sensory systems use
according to the doctrine
of specific nerve energies
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C3 -100
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Smallest amount of energy a
person can detect reliably.
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C3 -200
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Smallest difference between
two stimuli that can be
detected reliably.
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C3 -300
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The percent of time a person
can detect a stimulus if
detection is “reliable”.
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C3 -400
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Type of people who are likely
to report that they detect a
stimulus even if they aren’t
sure.
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C3 -500
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Theory that says that sense
detection varies depending on
a persons’ decision,
alertness, motivation.
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C4 -100
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The part of the eye that focuses
objects on the retina.
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C4 -200
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A clear covering that protects
the eye.
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C4 -300
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When my driver’s license says
my eyes are brown, it is
referring to this part of the eye.
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C4 -400
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If the sun is too bright, this part of
the eye will constrict to let in
less light. It looks like a black
dot in the middle of your eye.
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C4 -500
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It’s where the optic nerve leaves
the eye. You can’t see an
image if it is projected here.
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C5 -100
100
Hue is another name for
this psychological property
of light.
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C5 -200
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An index of how intense
a light is.
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C5 -300
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The small fraction of the
electromagnetic energy that
humans can detect with their
eyes.
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C5 -400
400
Long light wavelengths are
perceived as this color.
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C5 -500
500
Term for whether a light is
make up of a single
wavelength (pure) or multiple
wavelengths (complex).
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DAILY
DOUBLE
Question
Inside the
eye
Color &
Form
Deep,
constant,
illusions
Powers of
perception
Extrasensory
power
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To Round One
To Final Jeopardy!
C6 -200
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Interior lining of the back of the
eye. Contains light receptors.
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C6 -400
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Without these light receptors
you’d see the world in black
and white.
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C6 -600
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Very sensitive to light, these
receptors help you find
your seat in a dim movie
theatre.
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C6 -800
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Located at the center of the
retina, it is the spot with the
heaviest concentration of
cones.
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The axons of these cells
gang up to form the optic
nerve.
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C7 -200
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The theory that there are three
types of cones in the retina that
are sensitive to different
wavelengths of light.
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C7 -400
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We don’t see reddish green
because cells that detect
red and green are
antagonistic according to
this theory.
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C7 -600
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The principle that things that
are alike tend to be seen as
going together.
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C7 -800
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The German word for form. A
group of psychologists who
studied form perception used
it as their label.
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These cells in the visual
cortex are sensitive to very
specific aspects of a visual
stimulus
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C8 -200
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You only need one good eye
to use this type of depth cue.
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C8 -400
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Although a partially open door
projects a trapezoidal image
on your retina, you will tend to
say the door is a rectangle
because of this psychological
phenomenon.
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C8 -600
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The fact that one eye
doesn’t see exactly what
the other eye sees is the
basis for this depth cue.
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C8 -800
800
A systematic error in
perception.
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C8 -1000
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It’s the depth cue that describes why in
this picture you conclude that person “A”
is closer to you because she is partially
obscuring your view of person “B”.
B
A
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C9 -200
200
An apparatus used to test
whether or not babies
have depth perception.
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C9 -400
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Even an infant can tell a
sweet taste from a salty
taste because some
sense abilities are this.
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C9 -600
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A certain time window during
development during which
an organism must have
certain experiences in order
to develop normal
perception.
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C9 -800
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An illustration of this influence on
perception is that a hungry
person will respond more
quickly than others to food
related words that are flashed
on a computer screen.
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C9 -1000
1000
It may explain why many
people won’t notice that this
this sentence has repeated a
word.
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C10 -200
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It’s not a type of sandwich.
It’s the name for detection of
a stimulus that is below
one’s absolute threshold.
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C10 -400
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The branch of psychology that
studies extrasensory
perception.
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C10 -600
600
It’s your textbook’s answer to
whether or not you should
invest in a set of tapes that
promises to improve your
memory by playing them while
you sleep.
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C10 -800
800
The term for the ability to
directly communicate with
another person via the mind
alone.
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C10 -1000
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It’s the reason scientists had
doubts about a Russian girl’s
ability to see colors and objects
while she is blindfolded.
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DAILY
DOUBLE
Question
DAILY
DOUBLE
Question
FINAL JEOPARDY
CATEGORY
Sensational Senses
When a stimulus is
unchanging, our neurons fire
less frequently, and we stop
responding to the stimulus.
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C1 - 100
100
What is:
Sensation?
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C1 - 200
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What is:
Perception?
(Perception is the process of interpreting sensations
and giving them meaning. So even though you and
your friend are “seeing” the same stimulus, your
interpretations are different.)
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C1 - 300
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What is:
Sense organs?
(Examples include the eyes, ears,
tongue, skin, nose.)
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C1 - 400
400
What are:
Absolute thresholds vary?
(Dogs have sound receptors that can pick up
higher frequency sounds than do humans. This
means that dogs have a lower absolute
threshold for sound than do humans. That is,
dogs’ sound receptors are more sensitive. Give
yourself credit for any related explanation. )
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C1 -500
500
What are:
Synesthesia?
(Apparently this is due to some people have
an atypically large number of connections
between brain areas that process different
senses. Imagine feeling a sound, or tasting a
picture!)
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C2 - 100
100
What is:
Sense receptors?
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C2 - 200
200
What is:
The EYE?
(More specifically it is the inside
lining of the back of the eye, called
the retina, that contains the light
receptors.)
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C2 - 300
300
What is:
Functional code
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C2 - 400
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What is:
Doctrine of specific nerve energies?
(Detection of a stimulus depends on the part
of the anatomy that is stimulated. The ear
does not have sense receptors for light,
hence we cannot hear a light.)
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C2 -500
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What is:
Anatomical code?
(If a certain part of the anatomy is
stimulated (e.g., eyes) then we will detect
stimulus (e.g., see light) and a specific
part of the brain (e.g. visual cortex) will
interpret the stimulation. If our ears were
stimulated we would hear a sound and
the auditory cortex would interpret it.)
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C3 -100
100
What is:
Absolute threshold?
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C3 -200
200
What are:
Difference threshold?
(also called “just noticeable
difference” or jnd)
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C3 -300
300
What is:
50% ?
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C3 -400
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What is:
Yea-sayers
(Some people show the opposite decision
bias and tend to say they don’t detect a
stimulus when they aren’t sure. These
people are call nay-sayers.)
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C3 -500
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What is:
Signal detection theory?
(According to this theory, when we try to measure
the sensitivity of human senses we are not only
measuring the ability to detect a sense. We
are also measuring a person’s decision about
whether or not they think they detected a
stimulus.)
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C4 -100
100
What is:
The lens?
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C4 -200
200
What is:
The cornea?
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C4 -300
300
What is:
The iris?
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C4 -400
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What are:
The pupil?
(The iris controls the size of the pupil.)
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C4 -500
500
What is a:
Blind spot?
(There are no light
receptors (cones or
rods) at this location.)
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C5 -100
100
What is:
Color?
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C5 -200
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What is:
brightness?
(Related to the amplitude or height of a wave of
light. Taller waves are perceived as brighter or
more intense. )
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C5 -300
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What is:
The visible light spectrum?
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C5 -400
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What is:
Reds?
(or oranges. Medium length wavelengths are
seen as greens, short wavelengths as blues.)
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C5 -500
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What is:
Saturation?
(A pure light consisting of a single wavelength
will be seen as a highly saturated color (e.g.
deep red) A light that is more complex and
has multiple wavelengths will be seen as less
saturated, (e.g., pink)).
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C6 -200
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What is:
Retina?
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What is:
cones?
(These light receptors allow for the perception of color.
It’s more accurate to say you’d see the world not only
in black and white, but also as a series of grays. )
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C6 -600
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What is:
rods?
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C6 -800
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What is:
fovea?
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C6 -1000
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Who is:
Ganglion cells?
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C7 -200
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What is:
Trichromatic color theory?
(red – long wavelengths, green – medium
wavelengths, blue – short wavelengths)
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C7 -400
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What is:
Opponent process theory?
(When pairs of cells are antagonistic
or opponents, when one cell is firing,
the other one cannot fire. Thus if the
cell sensitive to red is firing, the green
cell cannot fire – so we can’t perceive
a reddish green.)
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C7 -600
600
What is:
Similarity?
X 0 X
X 0 X
X 0 X
For example, most people
describe the array at the left
as a column Xs, column of
0s, column of Xs. That is,
tend to see similar objects
as grouped.
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C7 -800
800
What is:
Gestalt?
(The Gestalt psychologists studied form and shape
perception.)
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C7 -1000
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Feature detectors?
(For example, some cells in the visual cortex only
respond or fire when a horizontal line is part of
the visual stimulus. Some cells only respond to
vertical lines.)
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C8 -200
200
What is:
Monocular?
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C8 -400
400
What is:
Shape constancy?
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C8 -600
600
What is:
Retinal disparity?
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C8 -800
800
What is:
illusion
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C8 -1000
1000
What is:
interposition?
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C9 -200
200
What is:
The visual cliff?
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C9 -400
400
What is:
Inborn or innate?
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C9 -600
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What is:
Critical period?
(For example, if a person is born blind and his or
her sight is corrected during about the first nine
months of life, that person is likely to develop
normal sight. If the cause of the blindness is
corrected later, however, when the person is
older, he or she may recover some abilities, but
probably won’t see normally.)
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C9 -800
800
What is:
Needs?
(When we want something, or need
something we are especially quick
to perceive it.)
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C9 -1000
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What is :
Perceptual set?
(Our perceptions can be affected by our
expectations and by our habitual ways of
perceiving. We expect sentences not to have
repeated words, so we may overlook them when
they appear. )
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C10 -200
200
What is:
subliminal?
(There is evidence that simple visual
stimuli that you are exposed to so
briefly that you aren’t aware of it, can
affect your behavior. There is not
support for the idea that more complex
information is effective if presented at
a subliminal level. )
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C10 -400
400
What are:
Parapsychology?
(Some research by parapsychologists has been
criticized for not being well designed and not
properly testing ESP claims.)
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C10 -600
600
What is:
NO?
(There is no evidence that such tapes work.)
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C10 -800
800
What is:
Telepathy?
(This is a form of ESP or extrasensory
perception. There is no reliable evidence
that any person has this ability.)
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C10 -1000
1000
What is:
She was peeking?
(For example, she could only
identify objects that were held low –
where she could see them if she was
peeking from under the blindfold. Her
tricks only worked when she wore the
blindfold her “teacher” gave her.)
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Final
Jeopardy
What is
Sensory adaptation?
(For example, you may get used
to the smell of the fish you had for
dinner and no longer notice it.)