FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT INTRO PSYCH CH.3

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT INTRO PSYCH CH.3

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Question 1: lens

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a transparent structure located behind the pupil that actively focuses, or bends, light as it enters the eye

Question 2: retina

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a thing, light-sensitive membrane, located at the back of the eye, that contains the sensory receptors for vision

Question 3: color blindness

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one of several inherited forms of color deficiency or weakness in which an individual cannot distinguish between certain colors

Question 4: cornea

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a clear membrane covering the visible part of the eye that helps gather and direct incoming light

Question 5: top-down processing

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information processing that emphasizes the importance of the observer's knowledge, expectations, and other cognitive processes in arriving at meaningful perceptions; analysis that moves from the whole to the parts Question 6: The tendency to perceive objects of similar size, shape, or color as a unit or as belonging together is the Gestalt Principle of

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Gestalt's Principle of Grouping

Question 7: accommodation

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the process by which the lens changes shape to focus incoming light so that is falls on the retina

Question 8: perception

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the process of integrating, organizing, and interpreting sensations Question 9: The visual system obtains information about depth from the slightly different

images seen by your left and right eye. This is an example of a:

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binocular cue

Question 10: taste buds

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the specialized sensory receptors for taste that are located on the tongue and inside the mouth and throat

Question 11: loudness

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the intensity (or amplitude) of a sound wave, measured in decibels

Question 12: perceptual illusion

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the misperception of true characteristics of an object or an image

Question 13: substance P

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a neurotransmitter that is involved in the transmission of pain messages in the brain

Question 14: perceptual set

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the tendency to perceive objects or situations from a particular frame of reference

Question 15: amplitude

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the intensity or amount of energy of a wave, reflected in the height of the wave; the amplitude of a sound wave determines a sound's loudness

Question 16: trichromatic theory of color vision

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the theory that the sensation of color results because cones in the retina are especially sensitive to red light(long), green light(medium), or blue light(short)

Question 17: Depth cues that only require one eye are called

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Monocular cues

Question 18: Weber's law

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a principle of sensation that holds that the size of the just noticeable difference will vary depending on its relation to the strength of the original stimulus Question 19: The fact that parallel lines appear to converge in the distanceis used by the visual

system as a depth cue. This depth cue is called:

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linear perspective

Question 20: size constancy

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the perceptions of an object as maintaining the same size despite changing images on the retina

Question 21: sensation

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the process of detecting a physical stimulus, such as light, sound, heat, or pressure Question 22: The heater fan in John's truck makes a constant humming noise which after

driving for a while John no longer notices. This is an example of:

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Sensory adaptation

Question 23: perceptual consistency

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the tendency to perceive objects, especially familiar objects, as constant and unchanging despite changes in sensory input

Question 24: ESP (extrasensory perception)

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perception of information by some means other than through the normal processes of sensation

Question 25: pain

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the unpleasant sensation of physical discomfort or suffering that can occur in varying degrees of intensity

Question 26: sensory receptors

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specialized cells unique to each sense organ that respond to a particular form of sensory stimulation

Question 27: fovea

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a small area in the center of the retina, composed entirely of cones, where visual information is most sharply focused