I&P Perception

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

More than just sensory discrimination and receiving information
Involves organisation and interpretation of the information

Question 2

Bottom-up processing

Answer 2

Sensory driven

Organise incoming information

Question 3

Top-down processing

Answer 3

Driven by knowledge, experience and expectations
Structures information as it comes through
Depending on situation and context we can interpret the same thing differently

Question 4

Visual perception - adaptation effect

Answer 4

Produces negative after images

Question 5

Visual perception - depth perception

Answer 5

Binocular disparity gives us a 3D image allowing us to develop sense of depth

Question 6

Visual perception - gestalt or whole perception

Answer 6

Allows us t see information as a whole and organise tendencies of the CNS. Aims to seek meaningful groups of information!

Question 7

Sensory limitation

Answer 7

Awareness failure or protective filtering!
Huxley thinks the function is to shut out large amounts of irrelevant information to leave only a small selection of useful information

Question 8

Huxley

Answer 8

Believes sensory limitation to shut out irrelevant information to allow a small amount of information we can cope with!!

Question 9

Assumptive world

Answer 9

An internalised cognitive model that assumes we are blind from birth but develop vision as an adult

Question 10

Recovering from blindness

Answer 10

Okay with past touch experiences

But difficulty with 3D challenges

Question 11

Context of Madness

Answer 11

Rosenhaan - 8 pseudo patients pretend to hear voice and presented themselves to a psychiatrist!
Shows we look at people as insane just because they were in an insane place!