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clp 1006 test chpt 1
test 1 ch 1-3
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Psychology
Not Applicable
02/01/2009

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SENSATION
Definition
INVOLVES THE PHYSICAL PROCESS OF RECIEVING STIMULI.
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PRECEPTION
Definition
OCCURS IN THE BRAIN BUT HAS SIGNALS THAT MAKE MEANING TO THEM. MAKES SENSE OF ENVIRONMENT.
Term
SELECTIVE PERCEPTION
Definition
THE TENDENCY TO PERCIEVE THAT WHICH WE EXPECT TO BE THERE. ONLY SEEING WHATS IN THE FRAME OF THOUGHT.
Term
WHAT SHAPES FRAME OF REFERENCE?
Definition
PARADIGM
Term
ASSUMPTION UNDERLYING CONSTRUCTIVISM? GOAL?
WHAT DO THEY VALUE?
Definition
HOLDS THAT THERE IS NO SEPERATE REALITY.
GOAL IS TO SHOW INTERACTIVE REALITY MAY EXSIST. NOT SEEKING TO DISCOVER REALITY BUT TO INVENT IT.
THEY VALUE USEFULNESSS, NOT JUST TRUTH.
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ASSUMPTION UNDERLYING OBJECTIVISM? GOAL?
WHAT DO THEY VALUE?
Definition
THERE IS SEPERATE REALITY INDEPENDENT FROM THE OBSERVER OF THAT REALITY (THE CHAIR EXSIST WEATHER OR NOT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT).
GOAL IS TO DISCOVER REALITY.
THEY VALUE TRUTH, THAT WHICH IS OUT THERE TO BE DISCOVERED.
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