PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Wilhelm Wundt, Theta Wave, Delta Wave

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: meghannorris

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After working through this lesson"s material, you should be able to: Explain the different types of sensory energy in the different modalities, and which physical characteristics correspond to which psychological characteristics. Describe how sensing is a data reduction and compression problem. Describe the different ways that neurons can code information: pattern, place and temporal codes. Describe the lawful relationship between physical stimuli and our perception of those stimuli. Describe just noticeable difference, difference thresholds, and absolute thresholds. How do sensitivity and response bias affect our ability to detect signals (signal. Explain how our experience helps us interpret the world around us. Describe perceptual constancies, and why they are useful. Compare the structuralist, gestalt, and constructivist (knowledge-based) approaches to perception. Explain the processes by which physical energy is interpreted by the brain. Describe how physical characteristics correspond to psychological characteristics. Explain the approach used to find and describe lawful relationships between physical stimuli and our perception of those stimuli.