PSY 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Jennifer Aniston, Subliminal Stimuli, Electromagnetic Spectrum

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

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Sensory receptors: receptors found on highly specialized nerve cell: do not deal with neurotransmitters, detect physical stimulation, transduce, and transmit in all senses. Bottom-up processing: start with basic elements (sensory receptors) and then build up (to higher levels of processing: measuring the senses (1. Subliminal persuasion: (1) we can unconsciously sense subliminal stimuli, (2) without our awareness these stimuli have extraordinary suggestive powers. Circumnutating sensory adaptation: i(cid:374)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)es where (cid:271)od(cid:455) does(cid:374)"t allow se(cid:374)sory adaptation to happen (severe pain) In eyes, cannot sa make tiny movements to avoid (or things will disappear) Definition: the brain will analyze, organize, integrate, and interact with information in a meaningful way. Top-down processing (perception): when we perceive the world, we perceive through our knowledge, experiences, beliefs, and memories (e. g. scrambled words, jennifer aniston) for interpretation. Yes, brain will pick up information without any meaning to it (e. g. prosopagnosia inability to recognize a face) Light is in the form of em radiation.