pysch 2

occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor

study of people's tendencies to make correct judgments in detecting the presence of stimuli

organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences

smallest change in a physical stimulus that can be detected between two stimuli

weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time

________ may be comined with past experience to yield a perception

The study of the relationship between sensory experiences and the physical stimuli that cause them is called

The smallest increase or decrease in the intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect is the

The method for extracting information automatically from a stimulus is that

The principle that the larger or stronger a stimulus, the larger the change required for an observer to notice a change is called

flexible, transparent struccture in the eye that changes its shape to focus light on the retina

carrise impulses from the inner ear to the brain, resulting in the sensation of sound

carries smell impluses from the nose to the brain

innermost coating of the back of the eye, containing the light sensitive receptor cells

process of combining the images recieved from the two eyes into a single image

not a form of electromagnetic radiation

_____________ of sound depends on the vibration rate of the medium through which the sound wave is transmitted.

in vision, the ________ responsible for changing the light energy into neuronal impusles.

overstimulation of the ____________ can result in dizziness and "motion sickness"

pain results from

brief auditory or visual messages that are presented below the absolute threshold

apparent movement of stationary objects relative to one another that occures when the observer changes postion

perception that misrepresnt the physical stimuli

experience that comes from organizing bits and pieces of information into meaningful WHOLES

tendency to percieve certain objects in the same way regardless of changing angle, distance or lighting.

not an organizing principle of construction persceptions

figure-ground perception is important in both _______ and vision

we rely on _____________ when we assume that a steep hill in the distnace will not cause the highway we are on to come to an abruupt halt

the process by which your eyes turn inward to looks at nearby objects is called

esp type that involves reading someone else's mind or transferring one's thoughts?