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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