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Chapter 7

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show Is the process by which our sensory organs detect stimuli from the environment and transmit information to the brain for reception.  
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show Are external information in the environment that provokes a physiological or psychological activity or response.  
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Sensory receptors   show
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show process of detecting & responding to incoming sensory information within the sensory organ.  
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Receptive fields   show
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show process where (sensory) receptors change the type of energy detected into electrochemical energy  
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show Process of sending sensory information as neural impulses to relevant areas of the brain via the thalamus.  
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Perception   show
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Interpretation   show
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Visual sensory system   show
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show A transparent, convex-shape (curved outwards) covering which protects the eye and helps to focus light rays onto the retina at the back of the eye.  
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pupil   show
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iris   show
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lens   show
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show These muscles expand and contract, enabling the lens to automatically bulge to focus nearby objects onto the retina and flatten to focus distant objects onto the retina.  
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show Receives and absorbs light and also processes image. the image focussed onto the retina is an inverted (upside down) and reversed (back to front) image of the object being viewed.  
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photoreceptors   show
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rods   show
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cones   show
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show The centre of the eye. This is the most clear vision and highest concentration of cones.  
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show Transmits visual information from the retina to the primary visual cortex. The nerve exists the eye at the back of the retina, the same point where blood vessels enter.  
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blindspots   show
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visual perception principles   show
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show The ways in which we organise the features of visual scene by grouping them to perceive a whole, complete form.  
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show We close up, fill in, or ignore gaps and see the objects as complete.  
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camouflage   show
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figure ground   show
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show We tend to see stimuli that are similar in size, shape, colour or form as forming a group. when similarity occurs , an object can be emphasized if it is dissimilar to the others.  
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proximity   show
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show Sources of information from the environment or form within our body that help us to perceive how far away objects are and therefore to perceive depth.  
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show The ability to accurately estimate the distance of objects and therefore perceive the world in three dimensions.  
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binocular depth cue   show
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show When our 2 eyes turn inwards, eye our muscles change their tension. The greater the tension the closer the object, the smaller the tension toe further the object.  
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show 2 eyes in different places 6 or 7 cm apart, this causes a very slight difference in the location of the visual images on retinas.  
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show Need only one eye, but work in both eyes.  
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show The shape of our lens changes to focus on near or distance object. Used for objects within 3 meters.  
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pictorial depth cue   show
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linear perspective   show
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interposition   show
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texture gradient   show
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show The object that produces the smallest image on the retina is perceived as being further away.  
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show Objects that are located closer to the horizon are perceived as being more distant than objects located further away from the horizon.  
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