Sensation and Perception Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. are lowest levels of awareness of faint stimuli with no competing stimuli present
  2. 3. a way to measure how we discern a faint stimulus that conveys information and separate it from random background stimulation
  3. 6. a transparent structure behind the pupil that is curved and flexible and changes its curvature to help focus images
  4. 10. the level at which the participant is not aware of the stimulus being presented
  5. 11. nerves that send signals from the eyes to the brain
  6. 14. transforms one form of energy into another
  7. 16. the process by which our brain and nervous system receive input from the environment through our five senses
  8. 20. the relationship between stimuli and sensation
  9. 21. a top-down mental processing skill, refers to our disposition to receive one aspect of a thing and not another, and it influences nearly everything we perceive
  10. 22. colored part of the eye, a muscle that adjusts by opening and closing in response to the brightness in the environment to let in more or less light
  11. 23. amount that two stimuli differ from each other
  12. 24. approach to processing information that is guided by our thoughts or higher-level mental processes
  13. 25. occurs when neural or sensory receptors alter or reduce their sensitivity to a continuous or unchanging stimulus
  14. 26. where the ganglion cells meet at the back of the eye is a hole in the retina, there are no photoreceptors
Down
  1. 1. when the object of the preference is switched with the another one, do not acknowledge the difference and tend to find explanations for this altered choice
  2. 4. focus is directed at one stimulus leaving us bling to other stimuli
  3. 5. a transparent convex structure that covers the front part of the eye
  4. 7. the branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and mental phenomena
  5. 8. when we stop having an interest in a stimulus or lack attention to it
  6. 9. an information-processing approach that starts by noticing individual elements and then zooms out to appreciate the whole picture
  7. 12. light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye
  8. 13. the black part at the center of eye
  9. 15. mental process of organizing sensory input into meaningful patterns
  10. 17. the screening out of unwanted stimuli
  11. 18. the inability to see changes in our environment to see changes in our environment when our attention is directed elsewhere
  12. 19. the central point of the retina and the part of the macula