PSYCH-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Subjective Constancy, Subliminal Stimuli, Context-Dependent Memory

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH-101
• Professor: perez

Document Summary

Sensory systems have cross modal connections within cortex. Can attend to many senses at once. Integrate individual elements of stimulus to form a whole. Relies on beliefs and expectation, prior knowledge. May produce a fleeting, subtle but not powerful, enduring effect on behavior. Can"t produce large-scale changes in our attitudes. Relationship between a stimulus and its context. Grouping, contextual effects (relate to the context around it) Size, color, shape are consistent across conditions. Bright orange in the dark background is actually the same color as the dark orange in the bright background. When door opens, we still perceive it as rectangular. Amount of energy in a light wave, influence what we perceive as brightness or. Regulate size of pupil to modify the amount of light permitted through the pupil. Refract light to focus it on the back of eye (retina) Change curvature (accommodation) to refract light onto retina.