Sensation and Perception Vocab

6. Another word for smell
8. Size, Objects that are farther away are perceived as being smaller
9. The eye's clear, protective layer that covers the pupil and iris
10. energies from our environment.
13. The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us
14. Retinal photoreceptors that detect black, white, gray, and are sensitive to movement
17. The colored portion of the eye around the pupil that controls how much light is let in
18. Height, Objects that are higher in our field of vision are perceived as being farther away
19. If one object blocks our view of another object, we perceive it as closer
21. drum, Thin layer of tissue in the ear that vibrates in response to sound waves
22. recognize meaningful objects and events.
24. Processing, Thinking about many different aspects of a problem or situation simultaneously
25. The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent
27. Depth cues that only require one eye
29. Canal, Funnels sound waves from the outer ear to the inner ear
30. Depth cues that require the use of both eyes
32. Coiled, bony, fluid-filled part of the inner ear.

1. Another word for taste
2. Tells us what color we are seeing
3. Attention, Our tendency to focus on just a particular stimulus among the many that are being received.
4. Tells us us how bright a color is
5. Damage to the eardrum or middle ear bones causes this type of hearing loss
7. Adaption, The way our senses adjust to different stimuli
10. This is our body's biggest organ
11. The five basic tastes that we can detect include sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and...
12. Constancy, We perceive objects as having consistent color, shape, size, and brightness even if the lighting or angle changes
13. The small, adjustable opening in the center of the eye
15. Nerve, Part of the eye that carries neural impulses to the brain
16. Inattention, Because we can only focus on a few things at a time, there are some things that we don't notice because our brain deems it unimportant
20. Damage to the cochlea's hair cell receptors or the auditory nerve causes this type of hearing loss
23. Transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to focus images on the retina
26. Introducing a stimulus of some kind to influence how people respond to a subsequent stimulus
28. Part of the eye containing rods, cones, and neurons that begin processing visual information
31. Retinal photoreceptors that detect color and fine detail