Psychology & Sociology

Mr. Pankow: Sensation, Perception & Cognition

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Visual cues allow us to ____

____ allow us to perceptually organize

Visual cues include ____, ____, ____, and ____

Visual cues that are a result of humans having two eyes are called ____

Binocular cues give humans a sense of ____

____ gives humans an idea of depth based on how much the eyeballs are turned.

Visual cues that involve only one eyeball are called ____

Monocular cues include: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

____ is a monocular cue where closer objects are percieved as being bigger

____ is a monocular cue where objects are percieved as being closer when they are infront of something

____ is a monocular cue where an object is percieved as being further away when it is higher in the visual field

____ is a monocular cue that uses light and shadows to perceive form/depth/contours

____ is a monocular cue that can give a sense of depth through motion. It states that things farther away move slower and things closer to…

Motion parallax is a monocular cue that can give a sense of depth through motion. It states that things farther away move ____ and things c…

____ is a monocular cue that states our perception of an object doesn't change even if the image cast on the retina is different.

____ states that our senses are adaptable and that they can change their sensitivity over time

____ involves contracting our inner ear muscle to dampen vibrations and protect the tympanic membrane

Hearing adaptation involves ____

In down-regulation of sight, when it is bright outside our pupils ____ and our rods and cones become ____ to light

In up-regulation of sight, our pupils ____ and our rods and cones begin to synthesize ____

____ is the sense of the position of the body in space

Proprioception is the sense of the ____

The ____ is the threshold at which you're able to notice a change in sensation

The just noticeable difference is the threshold at which you're able to ____

Weber's Law states that ____

____ is the minimum intensity of stimulus needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time

The absolute threshold of sensation is the ____

The absolute threshold of sensation can be influenced by the following: ____ ____ ____ ____

____ is a stimuli below the absolute threshold of sensation

Somatosensation of temperature is called ____

Somatosensation of pressure is called ____

Somatosensation of pain is called ____

Somatosensation of position is called ____

____ neuron's fire at a constant rate

____ fire at the beginning of a stimulus and calm down after a while

Slow-adapting neurons fire at the ____

____ fires as soon as a stimulus starts, then stops firing, then starts again when stimulus stops

Fast-adapting neuron fires ____

____ provides the sense of balance and spatial orientation

The vestibular system provides the sense of ____ and ____

____ are filled with endolymph, which is a fluid that shifts to help detect what direction our head is moving in

The semicircular canals are filled with ____, which is a fluid that shifts to help detect what direction our head is moving in

The otolithic organs include the ____ and ____

____ include the utricle and saccule

The otolithic organs help detect ____ and ____

The otolithic organs contain ____, which attach to ____ to trigger action potentials to help determine which way is up/down

Otolithic organs contribute to the phenomena of ____ and ____

____ looks at how humans make decisions under conditions of uncertainty.

Signal Detection Theory looks at how humans make decisions under conditions of ____.

Unimportant stimuli can also be called ____

____ is when a subject responded affirmative when a signal was present

____ is when the subject perceived a signal when there was none present

____ is when a subject gives a negative answer for no signal

____ is when a subject gives a negative response to a present signal

____ is the symbol for strength of a signal

____ is the symbol for the strategy used in signal detection

____ is to always say no unless 100% sure signal is present. This strategy might result in some misses but you will get all correct rejecti…

The conservative strategy is to always say ____ This strategy might result in some misses but you will get all correct rejections

The conservative strategy is to always say no unless 100% sure signal is present. This strategy might result in some ____ but you will get…

____ is to always say Yes. This strategy might result in some false alarms but you will get all hits

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