Unit IV - Sensation and Perception vocab Crossword

Constructs perceptions from this sensory input by drawing on your experience and expectations
Constructs perceptions from this sensory input by drawing on your experience and expectations
The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
Below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness
The process of converting one form of energy into another form that our brain can use
The study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli and our psychological experience of them
The theory predicting how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background stimulation
The activation, often unconscious, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response
A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another
The process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina
the central focal point in the retina
The theory that the retina contains three different types of color receptors- onw more sensitive to red, one to green, one to blue- which when stimulated can produce the perception of any color
The principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage
The theory that opposing retinal processes enable color vision
Nerve cells in the brain's visual cortex that respond to specific features of the stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement
Processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously
An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession
A depth cue available to either eye alone
A coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear
Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea's receptor cells or to the auditory nerves
The theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological "gate" that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain
The influence of bodily sensations, gestures, and other states on cognitive preferences and judgments
The principle that one sense may influence another