AP Psychology Unit 4 Crossword

Process by which sensory receptors receive stimulus energies
Process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
Processing that begins with senses and works up to brain
Processing guided by mental process, draw on experiences
Failing to notice changes in environment
Conversion of 1 form of energy into another
Minimum stimulation needed to detect stimulus 50% of the time (Fechner)
Theory predicting how and when we detect a faint stimulus amid background...depends!
Minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time
Eye's lens changes shape to focus
Eye-detect black, white, gray
Center of retina, color and fine detail
Organized whole. Tendency to want to integrate.
Greater the _______, or difference between 2 images, the closer it is
Hearing loss caused by damage to cochlea's receptor cells or aud. nerves
Hearing loss caused by damage to mechanical system that conducts sound waves
Links pitch we hear with place where cochlea's membrane is stimulated
Rate of nerve impulses traveling up aud. nerve matches frequency of tone
Theory that spinal cord contains "gate" that blocks or allows pain