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SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Sensation
Perception
Absolute threshold
Signal Detection Theory
Difference threshold
Weber’s law
Receptor cells
Sensory coding
Visual sensation process
Feature detectors
Young-Helmholtz Theory
Opponent Process Theory
Color blindness
Auditory sensation process
Frequency Theory
Place Theory
Deafness
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Olfaction (smell)
Gustation (taste)
Cutaneous & tactile receptors (touch)
Vestibular sense
Sensory adaptation
Selective attention
Perceptual processes
Bottom-up processing
Top-down processing
Visual perception
Visual cliff
Monocular depth cues
Relative size
Texture gradient
Interposition
Linear perspective
Binocular depth cues
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Binocular convergence
Binocular disparity
Gestalt approach
Proximity
Similarity
Symmetry
Continuity
Closure
Constancy
Motion detection
Apparent motion
Phi phenomenon
Stroboscopic effect
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Sensation -- physical stimulation
Perception – how we recognize, interpret and organize our sensation
Absolute threshold – minimum level of stimulus that can be detected ½ of the time
Signal Detection Theory – investigates the effects of the distractions and interference we
experience while perceiving the world – tries to predict what we will perceive among
competing stimuli
● takes into account moods, bias, feelings and decision making
Difference threshold – JND – minimum difference necessary to detect a change
Weber’s law – the greater the magnitude (mass) of the stimulus, the larger the
difference must be to be noticed
Receptor cells – sensory organ’s specialized cells that detect stimuli
Sensory coding – process by which receptors convey range of information to the brain
Visual sensation process – cornea
pupil (iris)
lens
retina…rods/cones
bipolar cells
ganglion cells (optic nerve
brain (occipital lobe)
Feature detectors – neurons in brain that “see” different parts of the pattern being
viewed…like lines, angles, forms, etc. & these parts are assembled then into actual
pictures
Young-Helmholtz Theory – Trichromatic – 3 color receptors – red, blue & green – see all
colors by mixing them
Opponent Process Theory – color is in 3 pairs – blue/yellow, red/green, black/white – if one
color active, another is not…AFTERIMAGES produced when stare at one color for too long
and receptors become fatigued
Color blindness – color deficiency – receptor missing or not working…usually red/green or
yellow/blue…genetic…mostly males
Auditory sensation process – auditory canal
eardrum (tympanic membrane)
ossicles
(bones of middle ear)
oval window
cochlea
basilar membrane (inner cochlea
w/sound receptors)
auditory nerve
Frequency Theory – sound heard based on how stimulated the hair cells are
high
pitch/frequency = more stimulation (accounts for high pitches)
Place Theory – (volley principle) different places or parts of the hair cells are
stimulated…accounts for low sounds
Deafness – conduction = injury to outer ear or middle ear
Nerve (sensorineural) = damage to cochlea, basilar membrane (hair cell), nerve
Olfaction (smell) – chemical sense…scent molecules contact receptor cells deep in nasal
cavity…axons carry info. directly to olfactory bulbs in brain…info then goes to olfactory cortex
and limbic system (showing relationship with memory)
Gustation (taste) – taste buds…4 main tastes = sweet, salty, sour, bitter…5th = umami
Cutaneous & tactile receptors (touch) – pain, pressure, temperature – receptor cells
pressure/movement are myelinated neurons to spinal cord to medulla, thalamus & sensory
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
cortex – pain/temperature NOT myelinated to spinal cord to limbic system to sensory cortex
Vestibular sense – sense of balance/orientation in space…in inner ear (3 semicircular canals)
* Kinesthetic sense – feedback about the position and orientation of specific body parts
Sensory adaptation – unconscious, temporary change in response to environmental stimuli –
get used to the stimuli (pool or smelly room)
Selective attention – attend to one item, while ignoring another (others) – cocktail party effect:
carry on a conversation with one person in a noisy room….can identify out of noise our name
being called
Perceptual processes – how our mind interprets stimuli
Bottom-up processing – recognizing an object by breaking it down into its component
parts…relies heavily on senses
Top-down processing – relies on previous experiences…compare object with items
already in brain (memory)…faster, yet not as accurate
Visual perception – depth, size, shape and motion
Visual cliff – child won’t go out on glass-topped table that creates illusion of a
cliff…showing infants at crawling age have depth perception
Monocular depth cues -- only need one eye to see
Relative size – images farther away project a smaller image on the retina than those
closer
Texture gradient – patterns grown more dense as distance increases (lose texture as
get farther away)
Interposition – near object partially blocks view of object behind it
Linear perspective – parallel lines appear to converge in distance
Binocular depth cues – need both eyes to see
Binocular convergence – eyes turn inward to look at items near…closer object is, more
eyes turn in
Binocular disparity – closer item is, the less similar info with be that hits the
retina…farther away items appear more similar in each eye
Gestalt approach – the sum(whole) is greater than its parts…top-down processing
Proximity – tendency to see objects near each other as forming groups
Similarity – tendency to prefer to group like objects together
Symmetry – tendency to perceive preferentially forms that make up mirror images
Continuity – tendency to perceive fluid, continuous forms, rather than jagged/irregular
Closure – tendency to prefer to “close up” objects that are not complete
Constancy – means that we know that stimulus remains the same size, shape, brightness,
weight and/or volume even though it does not appear to
Motion detection – perceived in two ways…1) records changing position of an object as
moves across retina 2) tracks how we move our head to follow the stimuli
Apparent motion – non-movement, but perceived movement
Phi phenomenon – blinking lights appear to move (signs with arrows)
Stroboscopic effect – still pictures move fast enough to imply movement (motion
pictures/flip books)