3rd Psych Quiz
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- conduction hearing loss
- Hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea
- nerve hearing loss
- Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea’s receptor cells or the auditory nerve
- Rods
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o120 million
oPeriphery location in retina
oHigh sensitivity in dim light
oNo color sensitivity - Cones
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o6 million in number
oCenter location in retina
oLow sensitivity in dim light
oColor sensitive - Selective Attention
- focus of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
- Grouping principles
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oProximity—group nearby figures together
oSimilarity—group figures that are similar
oContinuity—perceive continuous patterns
oClosure—fill in gaps
oConnectedness—spots, lines, and areas are seen as unity when connected - Gestalt
- a structure, configuration, or pattern of physical, biological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties not derivable by summation of its parts
- ESP
- The study of paranormal phenomena
- Perceptual set
- a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another
- inner ear problems
- balance lost
- Bottom-up Processing
- Analysis that begins with the sense receptors and works up to the brain’s integration of sensory information
- Top-down Processing
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oInformation processing guided by higher-level mental processes
oAs when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations