Sensation and perception vocab pg. 192 by emeli carrasco https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54 Made with a curious mind en-us 2017-10-16 12:11:43 UTC 2023-04-12 22:50:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Sensation: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197295767 the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from out environment. ]]> 2017-10-16 12:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197295767 Perception: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197296233 The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events. ]]> 2017-10-16 12:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197296233 Bottom- up processing: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197296599 Analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brains integration of sensory information. ]]> 2017-10-16 12:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197296599 Top-down processing: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197296917 Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations.]]> 2017-10-16 12:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197296917 Psychophysics: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197297419 The study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli, such as their intensity, and our psychological experience of them.]]> 2017-10-16 12:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197297419 Absolute threshold: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197297976 The minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time.

]]> 2017-10-16 12:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197297976 Signal detection theory: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197298241 A theory predicting how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus (“signal”) amid background stimulation (“noise”). Assumes there is no single absolute threshold and that detection depends partly on a persons experience, expectations, motivation, and level of fatigue.]]> 2017-10-16 12:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197298241 Subliminal: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197299108 Below ones absolute threshold for conscious awareness.]]> 2017-10-16 12:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197299108 Priming: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197299373 The activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing ones perception, memory, or response.]]> 2017-10-16 12:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197299373 Difference threshold: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197299916 The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time. We experience the difference threshold as a just noticeable difference, (Also called just noticeable difference or jnd.)]]> 2017-10-16 12:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197299916 Weber’s law: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197300906 The principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant amount.) ]]> 2017-10-16 12:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197300906 Sensory adaptation emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197301421 Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation.]]> 2017-10-16 12:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197301421 Selective attention: emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197301824 The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus, as in the cocktail party effect. ]]> 2017-10-16 12:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197301824 Inattentional blindness emeliedwin13 https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197302164 Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.]]> 2017-10-16 12:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emeliedwin13/dzqzaem8te54/wish/197302164