Psychology Chapter Four Vocabulary Words

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Across
  1. 3. Selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input
  2. 7. Structure that runs the length of the cochlea in the inner ear and holds the auditory receptors, called hair cells
  3. 8. Formation of colors by removing some wavelengths of light
  4. 11. Simultaneously extracting different kinds of information from the same input
  5. 12. Idea that perception of pitch corresponds to the vibration of different portions, or places, along the basilar membrane
  6. 13. Stimuli that lie in the distance
  7. 14. Theory that perception of pitch corresponds to the frequency at which the entire basilar membrane vibrates
  8. 15. Theory that color perception depends on receptors that make antagonistic responses to three pairs of colors
  9. 16. A visual image that persists after a stimulus is removed
  10. 18. In form of perception, progression from individual elements to the whole
  11. 19. Specialized visual receptors that play a key role in daylight vision and color vision
Down
  1. 1. Discrepancy between the appearance of a visual stimulus and its physical reality
  2. 2. Neural tissue lining the inside back surface of the eye that absorbs light, processes images, and sends visual information to the brain
  3. 4. Idea that incoming pain sensations must pass through a gate in the spinal cord that can be closed thus blocking pain signals
  4. 5. The process of detecting specific elements in visual input and assembling them into a more complex form
  5. 6. Process whereby the eyes become less sensitive to light in high illumination
  6. 8. Registration of sensory input without conscious awareness
  7. 9. Failure to see visible objects or events because one's attention is focused elsewhere
  8. 10. Gradual decline in sensitivity to prolonged stimulation
  9. 17. Tiny spot in the center of the retina that contains only cones