Psychology Adventure Crossword Puzzle: Quiz #3

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Across
  1. 4. The bending of light rays as they pass from one medium to another.
  2. 5. The transparent covering of the eye.
  3. 7. The cognitive of revising existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understings so that new information can be incorporated.
  4. 9. The minimum amount a stimulus must change in order for the change in sensation to be detected 50% of the time.
  5. 12. a theory of color perception that postulated two types of color-sensitive units that respond in opposite ways to the two colors of an opponent pair.
  6. 14. What does the saying "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" relate to?
  7. 15. A law describing the relationship between psychological and physical events. [s=k(logI)]
  8. 16. The minimum magnitude of a stimulus that can be reliably discriminated.
  9. 18. A small area in the retina of the eye packed with cones. The most sensitive part of the retina for detail vision and color vision in the daylight.
Down
  1. 1. Reduced sensitivity to stimulation that results from repeated presentations of that stimulus.
  2. 2. a theory stating that each cone cell contains three classes of color receptors (red, blue and green).
  3. 3. The amount of stimulation necessary to result in a "just noticeable difference". It is a constant fraction of the stimulus intensity (variable = k).
  4. 6. the minimal difference in stimulus magnitude necessary to tell two stimuli apart.
  5. 8. A photoreceptor responsible for vision under dimply lit conditions.
  6. 10. The visual pigment (purple) found in the membrane discs of the distal segments of rods.
  7. 11. The outer white covering of the eye.
  8. 12. Called "the blind spot" because there are no receptors in this part of the retina.
  9. 13. A retinal photoreceptor responsible for color vision.
  10. 17. The transparent body lying behind the iris and pupil.