Chapter 3: PERCEPTION
Sensation vs. Perception
Psychophysics
Absolute Threshold, Difference Threshold
Signal Detection Theory, Sensory Adaptation
Cornea, Lens, Iris
Retina: Photoreceptors (rods, cones); optic nerve, fovea
Trichromatic Theory vs. Opponent-Process Theory
Stimulus Factors: proximity, similarity, & continuity
Ocular Cues (binocular): Retinal Disparity & Convergence
Physical cues (monocular): linear perspective, interposition, &
relative size
Perceptual constancy (e.g., Size & Brightness Constancy)
HEARING: cochlea, basilar membrane, hair cells
Taste Buds, Hair Cells, Vestibular Senses, Kinesthetic Sense
Chapter 4 - CONSCIOUSNESS:
Conscious, Preconscious, Unconscious
EEG, Alpha & Beta waves
Stages of Sleep
NREM: Stage 1, 2 (Sleep Spindles), 3, 4
REM, Paradoxical Sleep, atonia
Hypnosis, Meditation
Psychoactive Drugs: Stimulants, Depressants, Hallucinogens
Marijuana
Chapter 5 - LEARNING:
Classical Conditioning: Unconditioned Stimulus, Unconditioned
Response, Conditioned Stimulus, Conditioned Response
Habituation, Extinction, Generalization, Discrimination,
&
spontaneous recovery
Operant Conditioning: Shaping, Positive & Negative Reinforcement,
Fixed-Ratio, Fixed-Interval, Variable-Ratio, Variable-
Interval, primary & secondary reinforcers, spontaneous
recovery, positive & negative punishment
Social Learning
Cognitive Map
Latent Learning
Vicarious reinforcement, vicarious punishment