AP Psychology Ch.5 Sensation & Perception

Binocular cues, retinal/binocular disparity, convergence, accomodation, motion parallex etc

Getting used to wrist watches, cold weather, bad smells, etc

Father of psychophysics

Tendency to organize the visual field into objects that stand apart from surroundings

See far away better

Perceiving future events

Receptors cells buried in the layers of the layers of the Retina

The visual cliff tests an infant’s perceptual sensitivity to which depth cue?

Begins with light entering the eye

Which of the following influences perception?

Determines Color

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

See close up better

Cluster of cones of the central focus point of the retina

Our brains interpret stimuli in such a way as to impulse stability on the environment

Like picture at night; quickly flashed images in separate appear to be moving

Receptor cells buried in the layers of the Retina

Jack claims that he often has dreams that predict future events. He claims to have the power of

In the opponent-process theory, the three pairs of processes are:

Enable organisms to obtain needed information

The process by which sensory information is converted into neural energy 

Determines Sharpness

Determines intensity

The receptors for taste are located in the:

The structures through which light passes after entering the eye?

Process which group smaller units of the perceptual world into larger units

Figure is to ground as _____ is to _____.

Illusion of movement of stationary

Maintains original shape or size

Closure, proximity, similarity, continuity, symmetry

JND grows in proportion to the intensity of the initial stimuli

below threshold

movement, body position, balance and coordination and uses vestibular sesnse

Object doesnt actually change 

Mental Predisposition

Assumes no absolute threshold & the detection depends on the person's experience, expectations

How psychology relates to physics

Process of detecting physical energy from the environment

Paranormal (X-Files)