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Gate-Control theory of pain. |
The theory that pain is a product of both psychological and psycho logical factors that causes spinal gates to open and relay pattern of intense stimulation to the brain which perceives them as pain |
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Kinesthetic sense |
The technical name for the sense of the location and position of body parts in relation to one another |
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Proprioceptors |
located in the muscle and joint step provide information about body position and movement |
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Vestibular sense |
The technical name for sense of balance or equilibrium |
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Bottom up processing |
Information processing that emphasizes importance of sensory receptors in detecting basic features of a stimulus in the process of recognizing a whole pattern |
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Top down processing |
Information processing the emphasizes the importance of observers knowledge expectations and other cognitive processes in arriving at meaningful perception |
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ESP |
Perception of information by some means other than through normal processes of sensation |
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Parapsychology |
The scientific investigation of claims of paranormal phenomenon and ability |
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Gestalt psychology |
Hey school of psychology found it in Germany in the early 1900s that maintained our sensations are actively processing according to consent |
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Figure ground relationship |
A genstalt principle of perceptual organization that states that we are automatically separate the elements of perception into features that clearly stand out |
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Depth perception |
Do you use a visual cues to perceptive the distance of three-dimensional characteristics of object |
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Molecular cues |
Distance of depth cues that can be processed by either eye alone |
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Binocular cues |
Distance of depth cues that requires the use of both eyes |
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Perceptual consistency |
The tendency to perceptive objects especially familiar objects as constant and unchanging despite the changes in sensory input |
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Size consistency |
The perception of an object as maintain the same size just by changing images on the retina |
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Shape consistency |
The perception of a familiar object as maintaining the same shape regardless of image produced on the retina |
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Perceptual allusion |
Misinterpretation of the true characteristics of an object or an image |
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Moon illusion |
A visual illusion involving a misinterpretation that the moon is larger when it is on the horizon then directly overhead |
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Biofeedback |
Techniques that involve using auditory or visual feedback to learn exert voluntary control over involuntary body functions such as heart rate blood pressure blood flow or muscle tension |
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Acupuncture |
Ancient Chinese medical procedure involving the insertion of multiple of find needles into specific locations of the body to stop pain entry illnesses |