Psych. Ch. 6

detection and encoding of stimulus energies by nervous system

sensory input is selected, organized, and interpreted

negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure can increase postoperative experience of pain --> illustrates:

cataracts that prevent facial recognition indicate deficiency in:

psychophysicist concerned with:

minimum amount of stimulation needed to detect stimulus

sounds presented at such a low level that you can't hear them are below your

supposed effects of briefly presented messages... involve false claims about:

A store plays a musical soundtrack in which a faint and imperceptible verbal warning against shoplifting is repeated illustrates:

subliminally presented stimuli:

people's response to subliminal stimulation indicates:

when informed about imperceptible message being flashed repeatedly, viewers were hungrier and thirstier. Illustrates:

tuning guitar more effectively because:

principle that 2 stimuli must differ by constant proportion in order to perceive difference:

marbles example illustrates:

diminishing sensitivity to unchanging stimulus:

listening to high-volume stereo for 15 minutes --> illustrates:

eyes constantly quiver in order to:

process allowing more light to reach retina

light entering eye is regulated by

cells located closest to back of retina

blind spot located where

receptor cells that enable us to distinguish different wavelengths of light

feature detectors are