12. Receiving and Perceiving Sensory Information and Attention

Question 1

Fechner – minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus

Answer 1

absolute threshold

Question 2

a noticeable difference (identifying b/w Sungjin and Brian’s harmonization)

Answer 2

difference threshold

Question 3

theory predicting how and when we detect the presence of a weak stimulus and extensive background

Answer 3

signal detection

Question 4

dependent on experience and expectation

Answer 4

signal detection

Question 5

too quick and too weak to consciously interpret or process, but can affect our thinking

Answer 5

subliminal messaging

Question 6

pups and werewolves flashed too quickly over a person’s image

Answer 6

puppy/werewolf experiment

Question 7

converting 1 form of energy to another (light waves and sound waves are a form of energy)

Answer 7

transduction

Question 8

how can our stimulation be interpreted information?

Answer 8

through bottom-up processing or top-down processing

Question 9

starts @ sensory receptors then works up –> basically what’s happening is that you quickly label things and run w/ it

Answer 9

bottom-up processing

Question 10

BOTTOMS-UP!!!!! (just drink alcohol and not think)

Answer 10

bottom-up processing

Question 11

constructs perceptions form sensory based on experiences/ ourselves

Answer 11

top-down processing

Question 12

when your mom gives you an top-down look of approval before you leave your house

Answer 12

top-down processing

Question 13

conscious = focused; unconscious = aware but not focused

Answer 13

selective attention

Question 14

same as selective attention (like Bob, Brian, and OnePeal harmonizing but focusing on OnePeal)

Answer 14

cocktail party effect

Question 15

not noticing stimuli when focused on other things

Answer 15

in-attentional blindness

Question 16

failing to notice changes in the environment (like when you pass by houses)

Answer 16

change blindness

Question 17

diminished sensitivity as consequence of constant stimulation (like you’re used to the smell of your house so you don’t smell it)

Answer 17

sensory adaptation

Question 18

your sensory adapts to the smell of your house

Answer 18

sensory adaption