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| The stimulation of sense organs. |
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| Principles of Sensory Experience |
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1. selectivity
2. change
3. comparison |
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| impossible to take in all info, so our senses select the most important info and shut out the rest, each sense can only do one thing (we can see light but we can’t taste it) |
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| recognize change in the environment, beginnings and endings |
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| bright/dim, sweet/sour, compare info |
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| short term vs. lasts for longer than 6 months and nothing seems to be affected |
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| x amount of tissue damage = x amount of pain (x=x)/small amount of tissue damage = large amount of pain (x = X), large amount of tissue damage = small amount of pain (X=x) |
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| in the spinal cord there is a gate that allows pain signals to go in and out. If the gate is open, pain signals will go through. If the gate is closed, pain signals can’t go through. |
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| Factors which open/close gate |
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1. Physical – counter stimulation (hurt and then rubbing)
2. Emotional – anxiety makes them nervous and it will increase the likelihood of the openness of the gate
3. Cognitive – as a person expects or anticipates pain, the gate will more likely be open |
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