AP Psychology Unit Three Sensation and Perception

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

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

 Focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus and blocking out all other stimuli.

• Parallel Processing

• Absolute Threshold

• Weber's Law

• Selective attention

Depth cues, such as convergence, that depend on the use of two eyes.

• Gestalt Cue

• Binocular Cue

• Monocular Cue

• Subliminal Cue

 The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.

• Kinesthesis

• Vestibular Sense

• Place Theory

• Haptic Sense