Sensation and Perception - Final Exam/Review Sheet 1. Identify by name the theory that investigates perception by presenting a stimulus signal in the presence of noise. What can we learn from the four possible categories of responses? 2. People are often described as being “nearsighted” or “farsighted.” To what actual conditions do these lay terms refer‚ and what why is it a problem? 3. Identify the visual defect that occurs when the course of the lightwaves entering your visual system
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After reading through the introduction chapter of my psychology book‚ perception and sensation‚ I concluded that I was not aware how our perception about things took effect and how we as humans could perceive things and act upon. The first section of the chapter‚ The Perceptual Process‚ outlined how the perceptual process works in our brains. When acting towards objects that occur in front of us whether they are small or big‚ it all begins with the lens of our eye and how a person quickly perceives
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surroundings. Sensation: the raw information‚ doesn’t yet mean anything to you until... Perception: the mental process of sorting‚ identifying‚ and and arranging raw sensory data. Enduring Issues in Sensation and Perception Person-Situation: how accurately perceptual experiences reflect the world Mind-Body: experience depending in biological processes Diversity-University: How similarly people experience events Stability-Change‚ Nature-Nurture: How our experience changes our perceptions of the outside
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To represent the world in our head‚ we must detect physical energy from the environment and encode it as neural signals‚ a process traditionally called sensation. As we sense the world or react to particular stimuli ‚ our brains receive that visual information and transform it into neural impulses called transduction. Our eyes‚ a light-capturing organ‚ consists of many parts that aid in our vision. The retina‚ specifically the eye’s light-sensitive surface on which the light rays are focused‚ contain
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In this study‚ researchers examined the effects of exposure to mercury and lead on children’s attention. From this study‚ researchers found that children exposed to higher levels of mercury or lead are three to five times more likely to be identified as having problems associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This study originated in a group of Inuit children in Quebec who were found to have a high rate of ADHD due to their exposure to mercury in their mother’s womb. These levels
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Sensation & Perception FRQ Signal Detection Theory- Predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background “noise” and that detection depends on a person’s experiences‚ expectations‚ motivations‚ and fatigue level. A more experienced soldier understands the situation better and knows better what to watch and listen for than a less-experienced soldier. Soldiers in battle may detect a faint stimulus more accurately than a civilian because they have more motivation to hear
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Sensation: A mental process (as seeing‚ hearing‚ or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process. Marketers can utilize sensation in many areas of marketing mix such as advertising‚ product positioning‚ pricing and others. For example: In advertising‚ sensation and perception can be very important to making an advertisement effective and memorable. The five senses; sight‚ sound
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Discovery of Sensation and Perception from TV drama From the word ‘psychology’‚ ‘psycho’ refers to ‘psyche’ which means ‘mind’‚ ‘soul’‚ ‘breath’ and ‘spirit’; and ‘logy’ refers to ‘study of’ or ‘research’ (Online Etymology Dictionary‚ 2001). And according to Andrew (2009)‚ psychology defined as ‘treats of the soul’. And I define psychology as knowledge which enables us to interpret a person’s mood and thought by observing his or her motion. For example‚ when a person tells lies‚ he or she may
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Sensation‚ Perception‚ and Attention Paper What is it that we think about when we hear the term sensation‚ perception‚ and attention‚ I know that we usually do not associate them being together in any form? What I have noticed from the readings of the different chapters. When dealing with sensation we look at it as being a feeling of how the receptors and early neural processing stages that responds to stimuli. Perception on the other hand is stimulus-driven process influencing behavior. Finally
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person’s perception is based off of their own understandings‚ character‚ self-awareness‚ talents‚ and surroundings. I learned a lot from my previous relationship. Now that I have decided to date again; I have an image of the guy I am considering. This paper will help me to understand how perception works through doing an analysis of what three observers professed were their perceptions of a photograph. The three main points of perception are the explanation of the steps of the perception process;
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