Sensation & Perception vocabulary review

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

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sensation

Front

Sensory Nerve endings that respond to stimuli.

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sensory receptors

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The process of organizing & interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects & events.

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perception

Front

Analysis that begins with the sensory receptors & works up to the brain's integration of sensory information.

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bottom-up processing

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Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience & expectations.

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top-down processing

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The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus.

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selective attention

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Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.

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inattentional blindness

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Failing to notice changes in the environment; a form of inattentional blindness.

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change blindness

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Conversion of one form of energy into another.

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transduction

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The study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli, such as their intensity & our psychological experience of them.

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psychophysics