Psychology 2115A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psychometric Function, Absolute Threshold, Knowledge-Based Systems

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2115A/B
• Professor: Christine Tsang

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Whether or not that experience we perceive is conscious. Sensory experiences and how they result in our perception of the world and whether or not our perceptions can be altered separate from sensory experiences. Salvador dali"s painting of old people/musicians basic visual sensation in the lines of the drawing but there is also an effect of our perception of what we see within the picture top-down/bottom-up effects. Bottom-up: data driven experience that we see and is processed by our brain. Top-down: the knowledge based system in which we are really looking for something in the picture that we know about already. We frame our sensory experiences in this way. We are always manipulating our senses to what our expectations are for our sensory experiences. Philosophical need to know enhanced awareness of ourselves. Energy coming in and going through the dendrites: 5. Two neurons that are linked together neurons activate one another in the chain: 6.