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AP Psych Chapter 5
AP Psych Chapter 5 - Sensation and Perception
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Psychology
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01/23/2012
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Sensation
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The detection of physical energy that is encoded as neural signals.
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Perception
 Definition
How we select, organize, and interpret sensations.
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Psychophysics
 Definition
The study of the relationship between physical energy and psychological experience.
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Transduction
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Bottom Up Processing
 Definition
Processing something based on its features.
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Top Down Processing
 Definition
Processing something by using your background knowledge to fill the gaps in perception.
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