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PSYCH 110 Exam 2
Exam 2 Notecards Chapters 13-30
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/06/2011

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Perception
Definition
Selection, organization and interpretation of information
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Transduction
Definition
Conversion of physical energy to neural energy
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Synesthesia
Definition
Perceive one sense as another
Term
Prosopagnosia
Definition
Inability to recognize faces
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Absolute threshold
Definition
Weakest stimulus we can still perceive 50% of the time
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What affects color?
Definition
Wavelength
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What does amplitude affect?
Definition
The dullness and brightness of vision
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Sensation
Definition
Extraction of info from the world around us and encoding as neural inputs
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What is the visible spectrum for humans?
Definition
400-700 nanometers
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