[PSY 102] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (108 pages long!)
6 Feb 2017
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P s y c h o l o g y (chapter 4-6 midterm 2 review) C h a p t e r 4: sensation and perception. Outline: psychophysics, vision, hearing, taste and smell (the sensual senses, body positioning and balance (proprioception and vestibular sense) Five senses: taste, touch, smell, see, hear. Including sense of balance: e. g: how you know you"re right side up. Sharks can detect electrical fields of other animals. Snakes can detect body temp of prey. Can tell if prey is warm blooded or cold blooded. Perception: ques: it is not the exact translation of our sensory experiences into neural activity, the process of organizing and interpreting sensory info, enabling us to recognize meaningful. Is the brain"s interpretation of these raw sensory inputs objects and events . allows us to assemble these signals into something meaningful: select, organize, and interpret our sensations. Our sensory and perceptual processes work together to help us sort out complex images.
