PSYA01H3 Chapter : PSYC Week 9.docx
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Perception is the study of the higher-level processes that the brain uses to interpret, organize, and select sensations. Perception depends not just on the sensation, (i. e. , the sensory input) but also on knowledge and experience. We"re not conscious of all the processes involved in creating our perception. However, the fact that a single stimulus can be perceived in different ways was compelling evidence to the gestalt psychologists (you"ll learn more about them in a bit) that sensation and perception were different. Here, we will discuss auditory perception of pitch, loudness and location, and explore visual perception in some detail. Do bear in mind, though, that the principles you are learning in the section on visual perception apply in other sensory domains as well. This term comes from psycho referring to psychological sensation and physics referring to the physical properties of the world.
