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Common sense?
Sense detectives
Measure by Measure
The eyes have it
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It’s the detection of physical energy emitted or reflected by physical
objects.
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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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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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Cells that detect physical energy.
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Part of our anatomy that contains light receptors.
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Type of sensory code base on pattern of cells firing (sending
nerve impulses).
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Most people can’t see a light shown in their ear according
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The type of code our sensory systems use
according to the doctrine of specific nerve energies
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Smallest amount of energy a person can detect reliably.
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Smallest difference between two stimuli that can be
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The percent of time a person can detect a stimulus if detection is “reliable”.
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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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Theory that says that sense detection varies depending on
a persons’ decision, alertness, motivation.
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The part of the eye that focuses objects on the retina.
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A clear covering that protects the eye.
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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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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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It’s where the optic nerve leaves the eye. You can’t see an
image if it is projected here.
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Hue is another name for this psychological property
of light.
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An index of how intense a light is.
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The small fraction of the electromagnetic energy that humans can detect with their
eyes.
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Long light wavelengths are perceived as this color.
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Term for whether a light is make up of a single
wavelength (pure) or multiple wavelengths (complex).
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Inside the eye
Color & Form
Deep, constant, illusions
Powers of perception
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Interior lining of the back of the eye. Contains light receptors.
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Without these light receptors you’d see the world in black
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Very sensitive to light, these receptors help you find
your seat in a dim movie theatre.
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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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The theory that there are three types of cones in the retina that
are sensitive to different wavelengths of light.
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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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The principle that things that are alike tend to be seen as
going together.
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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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You only need one good eye to use this type of depth cue.
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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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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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A systematic error in perception.
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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”.
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An apparatus used to test whether or not babies
have depth perception.
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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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A certain time window during development during which
an organism must have certain experiences in order
to develop normal perception.
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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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It may explain why many people won’t notice that this this sentence has repeated a word.
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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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The branch of psychology that studies extrasensory
perception.
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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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The term for the ability to directly communicate with
another person via the mind alone.
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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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FINAL JEOPARDY CATEGORY
Sensational Senses
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When a stimulus is unchanging, our neurons fire less frequently, and we stop responding to the stimulus.
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What is:
Sensation?
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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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What is:
Sense organs?(Examples include the eyes, ears,
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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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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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Sense receptors?
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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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What is:
Functional code
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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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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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Absolute threshold?
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What are:Difference threshold?
(also called “just noticeable difference” or jnd)
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What is:
50% ?
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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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(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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The lens?
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What is:The cornea?
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What is:
The iris?
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The pupil?(The iris controls the size of the pupil.)
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Blind spot?(There are no light receptors (cones or rods)
at this location.)
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What is:
Color?
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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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What is:
The visible light spectrum?
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What is:
Reds?(or oranges. Medium length wavelengths are seen as greens, short wavelengths as blues.)
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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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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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What is:
rods?
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What is:
fovea?
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Who is:
Ganglion cells?
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What is:
Trichromatic color theory?(red – long wavelengths, green – medium
wavelengths, blue – short wavelengths)
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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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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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What is:
Gestalt? (The Gestalt psychologists studied form and shape
perception.)
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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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What is:
Monocular?
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What is:
Shape constancy?
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What is:
Retinal disparity?
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What is:
illusion
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What is:
interposition?
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What is:
The visual cliff?
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What is:
Inborn or innate?
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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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Needs?(When we want something, or need
something we are especially quick to perceive it.)
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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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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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Parapsychology?(Some research by parapsychologists has been
criticized for not being well designed and not properly testing ESP claims.)
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NO?(There is no evidence that such tapes work.)
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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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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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(For example, you may get used to the smell of the fish you had for
dinner and no longer notice it.)
What isSensory adaptation?