Filtering and Selection of Enviromental Stimuli

Question 1

No Sensory Filters

Answer 1

• sensory overload
• cognative delay
• inability to focus or concenterate
• delayed physical reaction and response time
• synesthesia

Question 2

Sensory Reduction

Answer 2

• minimizinf the amouth of energy that id aborbed on a sensory level
  -an example is the eye narrowing to reduce amount of light

Question 3

Sensory Adaption

Answer 3

• cognative filtering of sensory signals when the enviorment becomes constant

Question 4

Habituation

Answer 4

• cognative filtering when you are exposed to a stimuli constantly over extended periods of time
• related to cerebral cortex