Principles of Sensation and Perception

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Absolute Threshold

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The minimum stimulus intensity required for a stimulus to be detected.

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Bottom-Up Processing

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An approach wherein there is a progression from the individual elements to the whole.

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Expectations

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Beliefs or anticipations about what will happen in a given situation.

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Exteroceptors

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Sensory receptors that detect stimuli from outside the body, such as light, sound, and temperature.

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Gestalt Psychology

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A psychological approach that emphasizes that we often perceive the whole rather than the sum of the parts.

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Holism

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The idea that systems and their properties should be viewed as wholes, not just as a collection of parts.

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Interoceptors

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Sensory receptors that detect stimuli from within the body, such as hunger and thirst.

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Motivations

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The reasons or goals that drive behavior.

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Perception

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The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.

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Sensation

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The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive stimulus energies from our environment.