PSYC 2390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Retina, Ph1B, Gustav Fechner

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*the brain has 100 billion active units and interconnects so complex that they have still not yet been completely deciphered. Knowledge refers to the knowledge we bring to the perceptual situation (located above the other three boxes because it can have its effect at many different points in the process. It is any information that the perceiver brings to the situation (bottom-up processing and top-down/knowledge based: recognition our ability to place an object into a category (such as moth ) that gives it meaning. Perception and recognition are two separate processes: action includes motor activities such as moving the head or eyes and locomoting through the environment (i. e. , looking at the moth and walking towards it). Perceptual process sequences of processes that work together to determine our experience and reaction to stimuli in the environment (four categories include stimulus, electricity, experience.