AP Psych - Pain,taste, smell, perception, 6th & 7th senses

includes the notes on pain,taste/smell, the 6th & 7th senses, and perception(doesn't contain the principle matrix notes on perceptual organization)

gate control theory

the spinal cord either blocks signals from sensory nerves to the brain or allows them to go through

small fibers

open gates

scenario for small fibers

stubbing toe or hitting head

large fibers 

closes gate

scenario for large fibers

rubbing,massaging, or acupuncture 

supertaster

more taste buds than the average person

sensory interaction

they use multiple senses at one time to interpret a stimulus

the mcgurk effect 

what you’re hearing is clashing with what you’re seeing

kinesthesis

the sense of our limbs positions and movement in space

vestibularsense

monitors the heads position in relation to the body signified by moton of fluid in semicircular canals

semicircular canals

in charge of your vestibular sense. there is fluid in the canal when you move. the fluid moves.

selective attention

we can only pay attention to one aspect of an object at a time

cocktail party effect

noticing your name being said among a crowd of people

change blindness 

the inability to notice change in an environment 

phrase for change blindness

outta sight outta mind

gestalt

the idea that the “whole” is greater than the sum of its parts

effects of restored vision

little book 

sensory deprivation

having difficulty perceiving horizontal lines later in life

perceptual set

a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another due to experience, assumption, and expectation

context effects 

alters perception 

examples of context effects

music, facial expression, time of day, season, surroundings, and gender