Psychology
Chapter 6 Sensation and Perception
Chapter 6 Sensation and Perception
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| Language | English |
| Category | Psychology |
| Level | Primary School |
| Created / Updated | 16.10.2014 / 16.10.2014 |
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receptors on the tongue are for
sweet
salty
sour
bitter
umami
gustation
taste
what lowers the number of taste buds
smoking and alcohol
olfaction
smell
when do we perceive odors
when chemical of the thing we are smelling attach to receptors at the top of the nasal cavity
how many different odors can we detect
10k
how many odor receptors do we have
350
smell becomes associated with what
memories
where is smell processed
temporal lobe
understanding where you are in space
kinesthetics
how does kinesthetics work
sensors all over the body
seeing and hearing are vital for what
to be able to move your body according to the space you are in
receptors in semicircular canals in the cochlea, filled with fluid
vestibular sense
what happens in vestibular sense when you move
fluid moves which sends messages to cerebellum
dizziness and vertigo caused by
vestibular sense
types of info processing
bottom-up
top-down
transduction
bottom-up processing responds to
sensation
top-down processing is
perception
necessare in order to convert the physical reality outside of your body into a signal inside of your body
transduction
sensation offers a blueprint by means of transduction onto which perception builds
sensation offers a blueprint by means of transduction onto which perception builds
thresholds
absolute
difference
threshold: you can detect this stimulus 50% of the time
absolute
threshold: minimum diff that enables you to identify one stimulus from another
difference
example of difference threshold
the point at which you can say one lightbulb is brighter than another
when you can identify w a familiar voice versus an unfamiliar voice
subliminal processing
below absolute threshold - less than 50% of the time
example of subliminal processing
billboards
exposure to a stimulus below conscious awareness that can bias your consequent decision/action
prime
priming w secure attachment >>> =
better mood, openness
less awareness bc of decrease in nerve cell firing
sensory adaptation
eyes constantly moving just a little bit, continuous stimulation of receptors
visual adaptation
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