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Sensation
•defintion
•3 types

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Receiving information from the outside world

  1. Photoreception
  2. Mechanoreception
  3. Chemoreception
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Photoreception

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Detection of light

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Mechanoreception

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detection of vibration (hearing) and pressure (touch)

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Chemoreception

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detection of chemical stimuli (taste and touch)

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Synaesthesia
•definition
•example

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An experience in one sense induces an experience in another sense
•hearing music and then tasting tuna

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Sensation and perception process

•3 steps

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  1. sensation = detects signals primarily through 5 senses
  2. Attention = Concentrate on signals
  3. Perception = create meaning from signals
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4 types of attention

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  1. Divided attention
  2. Selective attention
  3. Vigilance (passive)
  4. Search (active)
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Divided attention

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  • better when in different modes (senses)

* better when familiar tasks

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Selective attention

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  • concentrate on something, filter out the rest

* causes unintentional blindness (no perception)

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Vigilance (passive)
•definition
•example

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  • waiting for a signal, focused on a defined space

* driving in fog, eyes focused in front of car

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Search (active)
•definition
•example

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Scanning environment for signal

•looking for friend in library

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Perception

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Meaning (understanding) we give to signals

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Gestalt

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  • Organize in meaningful ways

* naturally impose patients

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Gestalt principles

•4

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  1. Closure
  2. Proximity
  3. Similarity
  4. Continuity
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Closure

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Missing pieces will be filled in

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Proximity

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elements close in space are grouped together

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Similarity

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similar items are grouped together

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Continuity

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Perceive continuous patterns and not pieces

19
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2 types of visual cues

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  1. Monocular cues

2. Binocular cues

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Monocular cues
•definition
•example

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One eye

•relative size/tiny object is farther

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Binocular cues
•definition
•example

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need both eyes

•account for retinal disparity and eye dominance

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