PSYC 102 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, White Corridors, Voxel
20 Nov 2018
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Book: sensation and perception (any edition) by e. bruce goldstein (recommended) Quiz #1 (wed. april 12) / anatomy of the eye. Quiz #4 (wed. may 17) / lightness constancy. Final exam (exam #3) wednesday june 14 at 8:00-10:59. Behavior: the actions that an organism takes, reactions to an external environment, can be overt or covert, How do we build a world of experience? can be voluntary or involuntary, can be conscious or conscious, encompasses actions and reactions. Sensations are the fundamental, elementary components of an experience. Perceptions refers to the processes used to arrive at a meaningful interpretations of sensations. Light is reflected off the tree and enters the eye. Change the stimulus energy into electrochemical neuronal change. Correspondence between stimulus features and neuronal activity. To understand the perceptual processes that lead to the behavioral response. Measure the relationship between the stimuli and the behavioral response. Relationship between stimuli and physiological responses (measure brain activity)
