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Sensation |
Stimulus from the environment which the nervous system transmits to the brain |
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Perception |
The selection ,organization, and interpretation of the sensory output |
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Bottom up processing |
Taking in senses understanding what we are saying and integrating it into the big picture |
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Top down |
Using experiences to understand information we are receiving |
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Reception |
Stimulation of sensory receptor cells by energy |
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Transduction |
Transforming cell stimulation into neural impulses |
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Transmission |
Delivering your information to brain for processing Example: listening to music |
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Absolute threshold |
Minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time |
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Weber's law |
To be perceived as different 50% of the time to stimuli must differ by constant percentage |
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How do we see color |
As waves |
