Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Detection Theory, Absolute Threshold, Electromagnetic Spectrum

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Mean quick literally mixing of the senses , colours or tastes as touch sensations that have different shapes. Sensation: stimulus is received by sensory receptors, receptors translate stimulus properties into nerve impulse (transduction) 3: stimulus features are reconstructed into neural representation, neural representation is compared with previously stored information in. Feature detectors analyze stimulus features brain: matching process results in recognition of stimuli. Sensation: is the stimulus- detection process by which our sense organs respond to and translate environmental stimuli into nerve impulses that are sent to our brain. Perception: making sense of what our sense tell us- is the active process of organizing this stimulus input and giving it meaning. Psychophysics: studies relations between the physical characteristics of stimuli and sensory capabilities, considered with two types of sensitivity absolute limits of sensitivity (softest sound? weakest salt solution we can.