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SENSATION
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-PROCESS OF DETECTING, CONVERTING AND TRANSMITTING RAW SENSORY INFO FROM THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS TO THE BRAIN
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PERCEPTION
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-PROCESS OF SELECTING ORGANIZING AND INTERPRETING SENSORY INFO INTO MEANINGFUL PATTERNS
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SENSORY DETECTION
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-EYES EARS OTHER SENSES ORAGNS CONTAIN RECEPTOR CELLS THAT DETECT AND PROCESS SENSORY INFORMATION
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TRANSDUCTION
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-CONVERTS RECEPTOR'S ENERGY INTO NEURAL IMPULSES THAT ARE SENT ON TO THE BRAIN
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CODING
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-CONVERTING SENSORY INPUTS INTO DIFFERENT SENSATIONS
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SENSORY REDUCTION
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-FILTERING AND ANALYZING INCOMING SENSATIONS BEFORE SENDING NEURAL MESSAGES ON TO THE CORTEX
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PSYCHOPHYSICS
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-STUDIES THE LINK BETWEEN PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STIMULI AND OUR SENSORY EXPERIENCE
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ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD
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-THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF A STIMULUS WE CAN RELIABLY DETECT
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DIFFERENCE THRESHOLD
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-THE MINIMAL DIFFERENCE NEEDED TO DETECT A STIMULUS CHANG; ALSO CALLED THE "JUST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE"
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SENSORY ADAPTATION
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-DECREASED SENSITIVITY DUE TO REPEATED OR CONSTANT STIMULATION
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EYE
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-FUNCTION IS TO CAPTURE LIGHT WAVES AND FOCUS THEM ON RECEPTORS AT THE BACK OF THE EYEBALL
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CORNEA
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-TRANSPARENT FRONT OF THE EYE
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LENS
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-FINELY FOCUSES LIGHT ON BACK OF THE EYE
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RETINA
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-NEURAL TISSUE IN THE BACK OF EYE-CONVERTS LIGHT INTO NEURAL TRANSMISSIONS
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RODS
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-LONG THIN CYLINDERS-NIGHTTIME AND BLACK/WHITE VISION
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