Module 16: Principles of Sensation and Perception

This is known as BOTTOM-UP processing because it begins with your senses.

• sensation

• perception

• audition

• selective attention

This is known as TOP-DOWN processing because our BRAIN influences the stimuli.

• sensation

• perception

• audition

• selective attention

The COCKTAIL PARTY EFFECT is also known as

• selective attention

• inattentional blindness

• change blindness

• signal detection theory

You can FOCUS ON ONE conversation in a loud room. This ability is known as

• selective attention

• change blindness

• inattentional blindness

• difference threshold

FAILING to notice a CHANGE in your environment is known as

• change blindness

• selective attention

• transduction

• absolute threshold

You did NOT NOTICE the cat running across the street because you were texting while driving.

• inattentional blindness

• selective attention

• transduction

• absolute threshold

TRANSFORMING energy into neural messages that our BRAIN can understand.

• transduction

• selective attention

• psychophysics

• sensation adaptation

The MINIMUM STIMULATION to FIRST NOTICE a stimulus is called

• absolute threshold

• difference threshold

• subliminal

• signal detection theory

This is just BELOW someone's ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD for conscious awareness.

• absolute threshold

• difference threshold

• subliminal

• signal detection theory

This states there is NO ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD. Instead, you notice a stimulus because of expectations, alertness, experiences, etc.

• absolute threshold

• difference threshold

• subliminal

• signal detection theory