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A.P. Psychology
Unit 4-B Vocabulary Terms:
Sensation and Perception
For this Unit, you will be responsible for understanding the following terms. You will be required to
identify most of these terms on the Matching section of this unit’s Quiz. You will also be required to
explain, describe, and give example for some of these terms on the Identification section.
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Audition

Frequency*
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Pitch
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Middle Ear
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Cochlea*
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Inner Ear*

Place Theory*

Frequency Theory*

Conduction Hearing Loss
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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Cochlear Implant
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Kinesthesis*
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Vestibular Sense*
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Gate-Control Theory*
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Sensory Interaction*
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Gestalt*
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Figure-Ground
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Grouping
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Depth Perception*

Visual Cliff
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Binocular Cues*

Retinal Disparity
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Monocular Cues*

Phi Phenomenon

Perceptual Constancy
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Color Constancy

Perceptual Adaptation*

Perceptual Set*
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Extrasensory Perception (ESP)

Parapsychology
* = Possible Identification term; All others will be exclusively Matching