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Psych 101 - Exam 3 (Ch. 5-7)
Sensation/Perception; Consciousness; Learning
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/18/2012

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Sensation Definition
Definition
translating messages (stimuli) from the environment
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Perception Definition
Definition
producing stable interpretations of the translated messages
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Sensation
Definition
* data-driven
* bottom-up (info comes through neural/afferent processes then brings it "up" to your mind)
* physical parts (ex. cochlea of ear, etc)
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Perception
Definition
* conceptually driven
* top-down (brain to body)
* psychological instead of physical
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Historical School of Thought associated with Sensation
Definition
Structuralism
* Wundt, Fechner, Weber
* Titchener = taste
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Historical School of Thought associated with Perception
Definition
Gestaltists

* Overall form not just basic elements
* How we experience the whole, rather than the pieces of what we sense
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Process of vision - anatomical chain
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Light -> Retina -> Photoreceptors (rods and cones) -> Neuron fires -> optic nerve -> visual cortex
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Process of hearing - anatomical chain
Definition
Soundwaves -> Cochlea -> Basilar Membrane Hair Cells -> Neuron fires -> Auditory nerve -> auditory cortex
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Anatomy of Ear
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