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sensation: what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor
perception: the organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.
psychophysics: the study of the relationships between sensory experiences and the physical stimuli that cause them.
absolute threshold: the weakest amount o a stimulus that a person can detect half the time.
difference threshold: the smallest change in a physical stimulus that can be detected half the time.
ratio: relationship between two or more values.
signal-detection theory: the summary of peoples's tendencies to make correct judgements in detecting the presence of stimuli.
pupil: the opening in the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the eye.
retina: the innermost coating of the black eye, containing the light-sensitive receptor cells.
optic nerve: the nerve that carries impulses from the retina to the brain.
visible: capable of being seen.
binocular fusion: the process of combining the images recieved from two eyes into a single, fused image.
retinal display: the differences between the images stimulating each eye
accessability: capable of being easily used or seen.
auditory nerve: the nerve that carries impulses from the inner ear to the brain, resulting in the pereception of sound.
sensation
understanding sensation
olfactory: the nerve that carries smell impulses from the nose to the brain.
somesthesis: the group of senses that include balance, touch, and body positioning.
vestibular system: three semicircular canals that provide the sense of balance, located in the inner ear and connected to the brain by a nerve.
kinesthesis: the sense of movement and body position.
Gestalt: the experience that comes from organizing bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
subliminal messages: brief auditory or visual messages that are presented below absolute threshold
overlap: to extend over and cover part of somthing else.
motion parallax: the apparent movement of stationary objects relative to one another that occurs when the observer changes position.
constancy: the tendency to percieve certain objects in the same way regardless of changing angle, distance or lighting.
distort: to twist out of true meaning or proportion
ExtraSensory Perception (ESP): an ability to gain information by some means other than the ordinary senses.