PS262 Chapter : sensory + perception Ch 1-4
Document Summary
Electricity - the electrical signals that are created by the receptors and transmitted to the brain. receptors, which transform energy from the environment. Transduction - the transformation of one form of energy into another form of energy. Transmission - signls travel from neuron to neuron to the brain neural processing - interactions between neurons. *experience and action refers to our goal to perceive, recognize, and react to the stimuli. Perception - conscious sensory experience. when electrcal signals = seeing/hearing etc. Recognition - our ability to place an object in a category. gives it meaning ex visual form agnosia an inability to recognize objects. Knowledge - knowledge we bring to the perceptual situation. This box is located above the other three boxes because it can have its effect at many different points in the process. Any information that the perceiver brings to a situation can be things learned years ago, *perception can be influenced by knowledge ex - rat man demonstration.
