Sensation and Perception

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What is sensation?

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Anytime a stimulus activates one of your receptors

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What is perception?

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The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences

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What is the goal of psychophysics?

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To understand how stimuli from the world affect the sensory experiences produced by them

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What does absolute threshold mean?

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The minimum intensity of a stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time

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What is the difference threshold?

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The minimum difference in stimulation that a person can detect 50 percent of the time.

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What are your five senses?

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Sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell

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What are the "extra" senses that are listed in your book?

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Vestibular and Kinesthesis

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What is the signal-detection theory?

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The relations between motivation, sensitivity, and decision-making in detecting the presence or absence of a stimulus

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What is retinal disparity?

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The difference in image location of an object seen by the left and right eyes.

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When do you use binocular vision?

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When both eyes are open