PSYC 2220- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 143 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2220
• Professor: Ingo Frund

Document Summary

1. stimulus > light is reflected and focused (distal stimulus is focused through the cornea and produces and image in the retina ((proximal stimulus)) > receptor processes > neural processing > perception >< recognition >< action. Distal and proximal stimuli (steps 1 and 2) Environmental stimulus are all object in the environment that are available to the observer. Stimulus impinges causing to change their behavior. This change is related to the stimulus and is often interpreted as internal representation of the stimulus. They change light energy into electric energy and influence what we perceive. Each sense sends signals to different areas of the brain. Studied the mind by measuring the relationship between physical stimulation and a persons experience. Stimuli of different intensities presented in ascending or descending order: abolsute threshold smallest amount of energy needed to detect a stimulus, observer responds to whether she perceived the stimulus, cross-over point is the threshold. The stimulus distant from our senses: distal stimulus.