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| the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive stimulus from the eviorment, taking things in through senses |
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| how your brain process's/ interprets that information |
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| you take things in through your senses and goes up to your brain |
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| prior knowledge and expectations |
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minimim stimulation needed to detect a particular stimuli
-50% of the time |
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| the moment when you SEE the different minimum stimuli |
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| just below your absolute threshold |
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| to perceive a difference between two stimuli they must differ from a constant percentage |
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| the focus of consciousness awareness on a particular stimuli |
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| ability to listen to one voice among many, despite distractions |
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| failing to see visible objects because our attention is focused on somewhere else |
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| a form of inattention blindness in which 2/3 people failed to notice a change in the person giving directions |
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| is the process of converting physical energy into electrochemical codes to travel to the brain |
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| assumes that there is no absolute threshold and detection depends on : personal experience, expect ion, level of fatigue and motivation |
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| diminished sensitivity as a consequence of a constant simulation |
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