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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The position on the basilar membrane at which waves reach their peak depends on the frequency of a tone.  Accounts for high pitched sounds.

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place theory

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Proposed theory for color vision with cones that are differentially sensitive to different wavelengths of light.

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trichromatic theory

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Minimum difference between any two stimuli that a person can detect 50% of the time.

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Difference threshold

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The weakest level of a stimulus that can be correctly detected at least 50% of the time.

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absolute threshold

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Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus.

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selective attention

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The idea that pain can only be experienced if pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their way to the brain.

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gate control theory

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Clues about distance based on the image of one eye.

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monocular depth cues

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Information processing that begins with sensory receptors and works up into the brain.

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bottom up processing

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The rate of the neural impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone.

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frequency theory