PSYB51H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Detection Theory, Trochlear Nerve, Psychophysics
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The dawn of psychophysics: plato: our understanding of reality is restricted to things that we can perceive , heraclitus: idea that perceiver cannot perceive the same event in exactly the sam a manner each time ! Adaptation: a reduction in response caused by prior or continuing stimulation : democritus: the world is made up of atoms that collide with one another. Sensations are caused by ! atoms leaving objects and making contact with our sense organs. Perception is the result of the physical interaction between the world and our bodies ! Sensory transducer: a receptor that converts physical energy from the environment into neural activity : plato: truest sense of reality comes from people"s minds and souls ! Nativism: the idea that the mind produces ideas that are not derived from external sources : descartes" dualist view of the world: both mind and body exist !
