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Sensation is...
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The process by which our sense organs and receptors detect and respond to sensory information.
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.....................refers to the process by which we give meaning to sensory information.
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Perception
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The...........receives and absorbs lights, and also processes images.
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Retina
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Light sensitive visual receptor cells are called................?
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Photoreceptors
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What are the five characteristics of the visual perception system?
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Reception, transduction, transmission, organisation and interpretation.
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Transduction is.....................
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The process by which the photoreceptors change electromagnetic energy into electrical impulses.
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What are visual perceptual principles?
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Visual perceptual principles are rule that we apply to visual information to assist our organisation and interpretation of the information in consistent and meaningful ways.
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List the four Gestalt principles.
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Figure-ground, closure, similarity and proximity.
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Define the Gestalt principle of figure-ground.
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Figure-ground involves organising visual information by perceptually dividing a visual scene into a 'figure', which stands out form the 'ground.
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What is the difference between rodes and cones?
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Rods respond to low levels of light and are primarily responsible for night vision whereas cones respond to high levels of lights and are primarily responsible for well lit conditions, detail and colour vision.
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Sandra was walking through the jungle at night. What type of photoreceptors would she have been using?
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Rods.
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List the six key structures of the eye.
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Cornea, pupil, iris, lens, photoreceptors and retina.
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What is the difference between binocular and monocular depth cues?
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Binocular depth cues require the use of both eyes whereas monocular depth cues require the use of only one eye.
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Name two binocular depth cues.
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Convergence and retinal disparity.
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......................refers to the very slight difference in the location of the visual images on the retina which enables us to make judgements about depth or distance of an object.
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Retinal disparity
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