Unit 1.6-2.1

What is the lowest level a stimulus can be detected 50% of the time

• Absolute threshold

• Difference threshold

• Just noticeable difference

• Frequency

What is a visual stimulus that remains even after the image is removed

• Cocktail party effect

• Hypnosis

• Afterimage

• Sensory image

What part of the inner ear vibrates with sound waves

• Occiles

• Basilar membrane

• Cones

• Fovea

What is one's ability to focus on one person talking in a large group

• Difference threshold

• Sensory adaptation

• Cocktail party effect

• Transduction

What are visual receptors in the eye that receive color

• Rods

• Basilar membrane

• Cones

• Fovea

What is the minimum difference detected by two stimuli

• Frequency

• Absolute threshold

• Difference threshold

• Weber's law

What allows us to detect lines, motions, curves

• Just noticeable difference

• Fovea

• Feature detectors

• Gestalt psychology

What area of the eye is the center of the retina and contains cones

• Fovea

• Size constancy

• Linear perspective

• Rods

Which theory of hearing says we hear due to rising pitch and vibrating basilar membrane

• Frequency

• Retinal disparity

• Transduction

• Opponent processing

What type of psychology organizes parts into meaningful wholes

• Sensation

• Behavioral

• Perception

• Gestalt