Across
- 3. The ability to focus on one voice among many at a party.
- 4. The ability to maintain attention over a long period.
- 5. Retinal receptors concentrated near the center for color.
- 7. Diminished sensitivity as a result of constant stimulation.
- 8. Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously declare.
- 9. The process of getting information out of memory storage.
- 11. Perceiving objects as unchanging even as retinal images change.
- 13. Disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new info.
- 15. Organizing the visual field into objects that stand out from surroundings.
- 17. The inability to retrieve information from one's past.
- 18. Memory aids that use vivid imagery or organizational devices.
- 19. The retention of encoded information over time.
- 21. Rehearsing a message out loud as it is heard.
- 23. Retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray.
- 25. Brain structure that helps process explicit memories for storage.
- 26. Conversion of one form of energy into neural impulses.
- 28. Retention independent of conscious recollection (skills/habits).
- 30. The formal psychological term for the sense of taste.
- 31. Depth cues that depend on the use of two eyes.
- 33. Processing guided by higher-level mental processes and experience.
- 35. A mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another.
- 36. Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus.
- 38. Activating associations in
- 39. The brain's process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.
- 40. Paying attention to two or more stimuli simultaneously.
Down
- 1. Active processing of incoming auditory and visual information.
- 2. Principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage to be perceived as different.
- 4. The process of detecting physical energy from the environment.
- 6. Analyzing information starting with sensory receptors.
- 10. Processing information into the memory system.
- 12. Failing to notice changes in the environment.
- 14. The minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time.
- 16. Depth cue comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes.
- 20. The tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
- 21. Delay in reaction time when color words are in different ink.
- 22. Organizing items into familiar, manageable units.
- 24. The formal psychological term for the sense of smell.
- 27. The inability to form new memories.
- 29. Illusion of movement when adjacent lights blink in succession.
- 32. Failing to see visible objects when attention is elsewhere.
- 34. The coiled, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear for hearing.
- 37. Sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.