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| The sense organ's detection of external stimuli, their response to the stimuli, and the transmission of these response to the brain. |
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| The processing, organization, and interpretation of sensory signals, results in an internal representation of the stimulus. |
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| A process by which sensory receptors produce neural impulses when the recieve physical or chemical stimulation. |
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| The study of our psycological experiences of physical stimuli. |
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| The minimum intensity of stimulation the must occur before you experience a sensation. |
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| The minimum amount of change required for a person to detect a difference. |
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| Detecting a stimulus requires making judgement about its presence or absence based on a subjective interpretation of ambiguous information. |
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| A participants tendency to report detecting a signal in an ambiguous trial. |
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| A decrease in sensitivity to a constant level of stimulation. |
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| Clear outer part of the eye that focuses incoming light. |
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| Small dark center of the eye, lets in light waves. |
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| Where light is bent inward and focused to form an image |
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| Contains photoreceptors that transduce light into neural signals. |
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| Retinal cells that respond to low levels of light, black and white perception. |
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| Retinal cells that respond to high levels of light, color perception. |
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| Center of the retina, where cones are densely packed. |
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| Ganglion cells > optic nerve > optic chiasm > thalamus > visual cortex |
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| The point where the optic nerve exits the retina, resulting in a blind spot. |
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| Short wavelengths, blue-violet light. |
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| Medium wavelengths, yellow-green light. |
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| Long wavelengths, red-orange light. |
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Hammer/Malleus
Anvil/Incus
Stirrup/Stapes |
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| in taste buds, where transduction occurs. |
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Sour
Sweet
Salty
Bitter
Umami |
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| 2 Basic Sensations of Touch |
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| Dull steady pain, caused by chemical changes in the damaged area. |
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| Sharp, immediate pain, responds to strong physical pressure or extreme temperature. |
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| Neural gates in spinal cord control perceptions of pain. |
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| Allows us to pinpoint the locations of our limbs in space, coordinates voluntary movement and helps us avoid injury. |
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| Our sense of balance, associated with the inner ear. |
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| Location of Primary Auditory Cortex and Ventral Stream (what) of Visual Cortex |
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| Location of Primary Somatosensory Cortex |
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| Location of the Dorsal Stream (where) of the Visual Cortex |
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| Patients cannot recognize familiar objects. |
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| When a person who is blind responds to a visual stimulus they cannot see. |
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| Controls facial recognition. |
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| Inability to recognize faces. |
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| a response that does not have to be learned |
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| a stimulus that elicits a response without any prior learning |
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| A stimulus that elicits a response only after learning has occurred. |
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| a response that has been learned. |
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| Adding something or taking something away in order to increase the probability of a behavior being repeated. |
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| Adding something or taking something away in order to decrease the probability of a behavior being repeated. |
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| the area of the brain that responds to dopamine. |
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| Cells that fire together, wire together. |
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| The processing of the experience into a memory. |
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| The retention of the memory. |
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| Recalling the memory at a later time. |
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| Short-Term or Working Memory |
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| Memories stored for a short amount of time, not likely to be remembered after time has passed, not a very large capacity. |
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| Permanent memory, capacity is nearly limitless. |
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| Primacy Effect vs. Recency Effect |
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| Remembering the beginning of a list of words or remembering the end of the list. |
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| Looking at four multiple choice answers and picking the right one vs. filling in the blank correctly. |
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| Memory that depends on things like physical location, smells, background noise, ect. |
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| Memory that depends on things like being drunk, high, on drugs like adderall, being tired, ect. |
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| Memory of facts, rules, concepts, and events. |
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| Memory of personal events. |
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| Memory of general knowledge. |
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| Memory of how to do something. |
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| The process by which short-term memories become long-term memories. |
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| Proactive vs. Retroactive Interference |
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| Prior information preventing you from remembering new information vs. new information preventing you from remembering prior information. |
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| Retrograde vs. Anterograde Amnesia |
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| Loss of past memories vs. inability to form new memories. |
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