Exam 1 Flashcards
(26 cards)
What is sensaton?
The process to detect
- Perception vs Sensation?
Perception is awareness; Sensation is detection
- Why is Sensation not used in the textbock?
It’s hard to differentiate between the two
- Why do we still refer to the text book as sensation and perception
Academia is slow to change
What is perceptual process? How we take in marawareness. I steps i knowled
- Step !
whatis is? Endarmenal Stimulas New pareNto
• What is environment stimulus. Anything automates
What are the tuo types of environmensal stimali?
Distal - anything in the distance
Proximal - Somerhing processed withe body.
What Is Step 2? Transfermaron and represeniation
What is transformation. Stimulus changed trom the envomment to perception
What is representation. Stimulus formed based on recepters andinervous system
What is Step 3? Receptors and Transduction
What are sonsory recepters? nerve cells that nespond te envornmental
energy
What man is transduchon? change from enviommental energy to
electrical energy in the Prain
What is Step 4? Neural Processing
How does Neural Processing work? Sensiny recepters send segnals to
the brain
electrical signals ure sent from neurons to neurons
Signals get changed to percevable informaron
this intermation gots
Sent to one of the tour lobes
What are neurons? Nerve an brain cells
