PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gestalt Psychology, Psych

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Sensaion: based on acivity of the sense receptors. How physical energy is transformed into neural impulses. E. g light = wavelength hit reina transformed into sight by brain. Primarily botom up processing: from the outer world, to the senses, to the brain. Elaboraion, transformaion, interpretaion of what is registered by the senses. High levels of dopamine at the brain synapsis play a role in schizophrenia. Visual capture) sight has permanence over other senses: form percepion: gestalt principles igure grounded relaionship grouping principles.