Ch 4 Sensation And Perception

Question 0

Binding problem

Answer 0

Refer to the process used by the brain to combine the results of many sensory operations into a single percept.

Question 1

Feature detector

Answer 1

Cells in the cortex that specialize in extracting certain features of a stimulus

Question 2

Bottom-up processing

Answer 2

Perceptual analysis that emphasizes characteristics of the stimulus, rather than our concepts and expectations. Stimulus-driven processing

Question 3

Top-down processing

Answer 3

Perceptual analysis that emphasizes that the perceiver’s expectations, concepts memories, and other cognitive factors, rather be driven by the characteristics of stimulus. Conceptually driven processing

Question 4

Perceptual constancy

Answer 4

The ability to recognize the same object as remaining “constant” under different conditions, such as changes in illumination, distance, or location.

Question 5

illusion

Answer 5

When your mind deceives you by interpreting a stimulus pattern in a manner that is demonstrably incorrect.

Question 6

Ambiguous figures

Answer 6

Images that are capable of more than one interpretation. There is no “right” way to see an ambiguous figure

Question 7

Sensation

Answer 7

The process by which stimulation of a sensory receptor produces neural impulses that the brain interprets as a sound, a visual image, an odor, a taste, a pain, or other sensory image. Sensation represents the first series of steps in processing of incoming information.