PSYB51H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Absolute Threshold, Tabula Rasa, Monism
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The matrix was inspired by allegory of cave in plato"s republic. Perception and sense of reality are products of evolution. Senses evolved to match just the sorts of energy in environment that are most important for survival. 7 facts follow from heraclitus" simple observation: perception doesn"t depend only on energy and events that change in the world, perception depends on qualities of perceiver. Experience with world around us plays large role in way perception works begins early in life. Perceptual systems are acutely sensitive to change many ways, every sense highlights and emphasizes changes. Adaptation: reduction in response caused by prior or continuing stimulation: render things that are steady or predictable in environment much less salient than things that change. Democritus had almost complete trust in senses. Trust arose from radical idea that world is made up of atoms that collide: believed that sensations are caused by atoms leaving objects and making contact with our sense organs.
