PSY100H1 Chapter 4.1: Module 4.1
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Module 4. 1 sensation and perception at a glance. You, better tha(cid:374) me(cid:863) (cid:272)o(cid:374)tai(cid:374)ed the phrase (cid:862)do it(cid:863) It took the work of two canadian psychologists to demonstrate that these allegations were unfounded. Sensation and perception are different, yet integrated processes: to get this point, look at the necker cube in fig. 4. 1 (page 132: after looking at it for a couple of seconds, the perspective changed. The world outside our body is full of stimuli (songs, colors, pictures, etc) The body has developed specializes processes for sensing and perceiving the world around us. The process of detecting and then translating the complexity of the world into meaningful experiences occurs in two stages: 1) sensation: the process of detecting external events by sense organs and turning those stimuli into neural signals. At this le(cid:448)el, the sou(cid:374)d of so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s (cid:448)oi(cid:272)e is just (cid:374)oise. The sight of a persons is merely a combo of color and motion.
