PSYC 100 Midterm: W8 PSYC 100 – Sensation and Perception- Psychophysics and Transduction Learning Outcomes

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

W8 psyc 100 sensation and perception: psychophysics and. 1)explain the processes by which physical energy is interpreted by the brain. Sense looking for cues that are informative to you. Job of receptors: turn physical info into electrical signals. Job of brain: turn electrical signals into an idea perception. E. g. transduction of light firing neurons nature of reality. Explain the different types of sensory energy in the different modalities, and which physical characteristics correspond to which psychological characteristics. How physical sensations turned into mental perceptions. Sensation: process by which our sensory systems gather information about the environment. Processes that turn chemical, mechanical, sound and light energy in the world into electrical signals in the brain. Perception: is the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensations as meaningful objects and events. Extracting meaning from what you sense, tying it to what you know and understand e. g. sensation of light pressure on skin might be perceived as gentle, loving touch.