EXP 4204 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Technique, Agnosia, Neuropsychology

• School: FIU
• Department: Experimental Psychology
• Course: EXP 4204
• Professor: Ali Pournaghdali

Document Summary

Exp: sensation and perception: midterm exam 1 review. Perception involves turning the sensory input into meaningful conscious experience (translation of neural signal into useable information: we need both perception and sensation to perceive the world. Why sensation & perception is important: we want out perceptual process to produce a truthful representation of what surrounds us and allows us to focus on those stimuli that are most important. Action: the goal of sensation and perception is to guide us through our environment, avoid obstacles while walking/driving, determine what people are saying, choose proper clothes based on temperature, we can define action as any motor activity. Thus, action includes moving our eyes along the page of a book as well as swinging a bat. In addition to the basic ideas, he was a keen observer and is the first to record the.