Psych 110 - Chapter 4: Sensory
Adaptation & Visual Perception
Mastery – Verified Test Solutions
(Neural Processing, Illusions,
Spatial Navigation & Perceptual
Mechanisms)
sensory adaptation
Janelle is trying to find her hat, and all her classmates are laughing. Can
you guess why they are laughing? It's because the hat is on her head! The
term psychologists use to describe what has happened is
through our skin, nose, ears, and eyes
How does environmental stimulation reach our brain?
sensory adaptation
is the phenomenon whereby your ability to detect a constant sensation
decreases the longer you feel it.
physical stimuli that consistently produce errors in perception
What are visual illusions?
visual neurons
Nerve cells in the visual system, anywhere from the retina back to the
occipital lobe, are known as
lateral inhibitions
surrounding regions of white in a high contract visual scene that serve to
suppress the overall output of cells that correspond to specific regions in
the visual field
2-dimesional in nature
The information captured on our retinas is
properly interact with and navigate our environment
The brain must effectively convert two-dimensional images into a three-
dimensional percept so we can
Adaptation & Visual Perception
Mastery – Verified Test Solutions
(Neural Processing, Illusions,
Spatial Navigation & Perceptual
Mechanisms)
sensory adaptation
Janelle is trying to find her hat, and all her classmates are laughing. Can
you guess why they are laughing? It's because the hat is on her head! The
term psychologists use to describe what has happened is
through our skin, nose, ears, and eyes
How does environmental stimulation reach our brain?
sensory adaptation
is the phenomenon whereby your ability to detect a constant sensation
decreases the longer you feel it.
physical stimuli that consistently produce errors in perception
What are visual illusions?
visual neurons
Nerve cells in the visual system, anywhere from the retina back to the
occipital lobe, are known as
lateral inhibitions
surrounding regions of white in a high contract visual scene that serve to
suppress the overall output of cells that correspond to specific regions in
the visual field
2-dimesional in nature
The information captured on our retinas is
properly interact with and navigate our environment
The brain must effectively convert two-dimensional images into a three-
dimensional percept so we can
