19. Attention

Question 1

Perceptual Experience

Answer 1

• Perceptual experience in response to a stimulus event is a response of the
  whole person.
• The information provided when your sensory receptors are stimulated, your
  final perception depends on who you are, whom you are with, and what you
  expect, want, and value.

Question 2

what are the types of perception measuring

Answer 2

qualitative
quantitative

Question 3

when you “say what you see or feel” it is measured by

Answer 3

qualitative measurements

Question 4

why are qualitative measurements imp

Answer 4

Important in practice, given that perception is not reliably objective
(i.e. perceptions of pain will not always ‘make sense’ from a medical
perspective, but such self-reports are important nonetheless)

Question 5

Quantitative measurements are

Answer 5

Absolute thresholds: the minimum intensity required for the senses to
perceive stimulation, at least half of the time.

Question 6

these are examples of

Answer 6

quantitative measurements

Question 7

list and explain the 5 quantitative measurements (hint: senses)

Answer 7

It’s the least amount needed of smith in order to sense it

• vision: seeing a candle in a dark room
• Hearing a nearby watch ticking. In a quiet room
• taste: tasting a teaspoon of sugar in 2 gallons of water
• smell: smelling a drop of perfume in a small home
• touch: feeling the pressure of a fly fall on ur cheek

Question 8

-what is subliminal priming

Question 9

Factors affecting perception is

Answer 9

Sensorial perception

Question 10

Looking is not always the same as actually seeing this is an example of

Answer 10

Attention

Question 11

Inattentional blindness is

Answer 11

When changes are not noticed/ detected by individuals

Question 12

An example of attention the ____ and ____ experiment

Answer 12

Simons and levin experiment

“ the switcheroo” that went unnoticed by 50%

Question 13

Explain simons and levins study further

Answer 13

Experimenters look similar but not identical
Some obvious differences that are slight like one had a white collar peaking through and the other didn’t

Question 14

Listen to lecture for attention biases