Unit 3: The Senses & Perception (Psychology)

Depth cues, such as convergence, that depend on the use of two eyes.

• Gestalt Cue

• Binocular Cue

• Monocular Cue

• Subliminal Cue

 The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.

• Kinesthesis

• Vestibular Sense

• Place Theory

• Haptic Sense

 Retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray and that work best in dim light.

• Bipolar Cells

• Feature Detectors

• Rods

• Cones

Perceiving objects as unchanging, even as illumination and retinal images change

• Perceptual Set

• Perceptual Adaptation

• Perceptual Constancy

• Sensory Adaptation

Diminishing sensitivity to a constant, unchanging stimulus.

• Perceptual Adaptation

• Sensory Adaptation

• Selective Attention

• Signal Detection Theory

Principle that one sense may influence another.

• Parallel Processing

• Signal Detection Theory

• Extrasensory Perception

• Sensory Interaction

The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of them time.

• Absolute Threshold

• Difference Threshold

• Subliminal Threshold

• Weber's Law

Theory that the retina contains three different color receptors – red, green and blue.

• Opponent Process Theory

• Trichromatic Theory

• Signal Detection Theory

• Gate Control Theory

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.

• Habituation

• Kinesthesis

• Sensation

• Perception

Our tendency to integrate pieces of info into meaningful wholes

• Depth Perception

• Top-Down Processing

• Gestalt

• Visual Agnosia