AP Psych: Unit 3 Vocab

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

Sensory nerve endings that respond to stimuli

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

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

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

The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

Failing to notice changes in the environment

Conversion of one form of energy into another (stimulus energies into neural impulses)

The study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli and our psychological experience of them