Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is the first electronic brain (thing that could perceive)
A massive computer called perceptron that could distinguish basic images
What is perception?
Experiences that result from stimulation of the senses.
What is the perceptual process? (Seven steps)
Seven steps:
1) stimulus in environment
2) light is reflected and focuses
3) receptor processes
4) neural processing
5) perception
6) recognition
7) action
What is a distal stimulus?
Object a person is observing
What is a proximal stimulus?
Light reflected on an object, and changes in the air
Basically, it’s the representation of the object on the receptors
What is the principle of transformation?
It states that stimuli and responses created by stimuli are transformed between the distal stimulus and perception
What is the principle of representation?
Everything a person perceives are formed on the receptors.
What are sensory receptors?
Specialized cells to react to environmental stimuli
What happens when sensory receptors receive environmental information?
1) transform environment energy to electrical energy
2) they shape perception by the way they respond to different properties of the stimuli
What is transduction ?
Transformation of of environmental energy to electrical energy
After the sensory input, what happens?
- Transmit signals from the receptors to the brain and then within the brain.
- Change (or process) these signals as they are transmitted
Neural processing
Changes in these signals that occur as they’re transmitted through this maze of neurons is called neural processing
Where are electrical signals from transduction sent to?
To the primary receiving area
What is the cerebral cortex?
Layer of the brain for language, memory, emotions and thinking
Where is the primary receiving area for vision?
Most of the occipital lobe
