PS262 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gustav Fechner, Receiver Operating Characteristic, Electric Shock
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Perceptual process: sequence that works together to determine our experience of and reaction to stimuli in the environment, stimulus. What is out there in the environment, what we actually pay attention to and what stimulates our receptors. All of the things in our surroundings that we can potentially see. Look directly at an object and it creates an image on the receptors of the retina ( line back of the eye: sensory cue. Signal that can be extracted from sensory input. State of some property in the world. Work with senses and knowledge: electricity. Electrical signals that are created by the receptors and transmitted to the brain. Transformation of one form of energy into another form of energy. Receptors create electrical energy in response to light. Signal activates other neurons which activate more, eventually activate the brain. Interaction between neurons: brain turns signal into perception of image, experience and action.
