Sensation/Perception AP review vocab

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Concepts or frameworks that organize and interpret information.

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schemas

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Skin sensations: touch, warmth, cold, pain.

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somatosensation

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Position on the basilar membrane where waves peak depends on tone frequency; accounts for high-pitched sounds.

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place theory

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Theory for color vision with cones sensitive to different light wavelengths.

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Trichromatic theory

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Minimum difference between stimuli detectable 50% of the time.

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Difference threshold

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Weakest stimulus level detected 50% of the time.

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absolute threshold

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Focusing conscious awareness on a stimulus.

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selective attention

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Study of paranormal events investigating ESP claims.

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parapsychology

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Pain is experienced if messages pass through a gate in the spinal cord to the brain.

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gate control theory

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Clues about distance from one eye's image.

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monocular depth cues