PSYC 2390 Midterm: PSYC2390 Lecture Notes (Pre midterm 1).docx
3 Mar 2012
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3 exams part m/c (75%), part short essay (25%); midterms (x2) = 30%, final = 40% 2 stages of figuring out how info from outside world gets in (1) transduction changing energy from 1 form to another. Psyc2390 lecture notes i. e. vision = light (stimulus) = electromagnetic radiation (energy of vision based on) light electricity (neurons send electric charges) Body = electrical system neurons sending electrical charges from 1 to the other i. e. hearing = sound (stimulus) = mechanical energy. Energy from molecules pushes up from one another until molecules go into ear (bump ear drum reaction/chain of events) (2) interpretation meaning; caffeine = necker cube flips faster. Phoneme restoration effect even if stimulus is not complete, receiver searches for ways to complete it. Multiple sclerosis (ms) information not getting from brain to legs (myelin deteriorates most quickly in heart and lung message can"t get from brain to heart/lungs: myelin on axons = important!
