Chapter 2 - Perception

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

involves taking the information that is sensed by the sense organs + interpreting it

Question 2

Transduction

Answer 2

The changing of a physical stimulus to a neural one.

Transduction takes place in two types of cells in the retina.

Rods: very sensitive to light, but poor acuity.

Cones: low sensitivity to light, but high acuity and have different types to respond to different colors of light.
Not evenly distributed across the eye.

Question 3

Blindsight

Answer 3

Patients with damage to the occipital cortex are blind (no reaction to light)