PsychoPhysics (Unit 3)

Question 1

Sensation

Answer 1

1. Reception
2. Transduction
3. Transmission

Question 2

Reception

Answer 2

• absorption of environmental stimuli( energy) with sensory receptor

Question 3

Transduction

Answer 3

conversion of energy into neural impulse

Question 4

Transmission

Answer 4

Process relaying neural impulses to the brain via sensory neurons

Question 5

Perception

Answer 5

• steps 4,5,6
  1. Selection
  2. Coding
  3. Interpretation

Question 6

Selection

Answer 6

• hindbrain
• filtering neural impulses - RF

Question 7

Coding

Answer 7

• Midbrain
• orginizing stimuli ( thalamus and hippocampus) and relaying filtered stimuli to cortex

Question 8

Interpretation

Answer 8

• Forebrain -> Cortical lobes
• comprehension, analysis, and evalution - memory

Question 9

Bottom Up Processing

Answer 9

• Thick slicing
• Conventional Processing
• Sensation then perception

Question 10

Topdown Processing

Answer 10

• Thin slicing
• Sensation after perception
• Cognative assumption