Sensation and perception vocab set

The way sensory receptors and the nervous system receive information

Sensory nerve endings that respond to stimuli

Organizing and interpreting sensory information

Starting with sensory input

Expectation influencing the perception of something

Converting one form of energy to another

Relationships between physical characteristics of stimuli and our psychologic experience of them

The minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time

How and when we detect the presence of faint stimulus amid background stimulus

The minimum difference required for detection 50% of the time

Two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage

Diminished sensitivity to stimuli as a consequence of constant stimulation

Mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

When the eye lens changes shape to focus near and far objects

Sensory receptor in the eye that transduces light waves to neural impulses

Sensory receptors in the eye that detect fine detail and color

Theory that says the retina contains three different types of color cones

Theory that says cone photoreceptors are paired together and that the activation of one color of the pair inhibits activation of the other

The ability to see objects in three dimensions

Depth cues that depend on the use of two eyes

Comparing two retinal images

Depth cues available to each eye separately

Illusion when two or more lights blink in quick succession

Different sound waves trigger activity in different spots of the basilar membrane

The brain reads pitch by monitoring the frequency of neural impulses