Introduction

Question 1

What is the goal of perception

Answer 1

To inform us about properties of the environment that are important for our survival

Question 2

what is important about perception

Answer 2

this reconstructed representation or internal “model” of our environment is not simply a replica of our surrounding physical environment.

Question 3

name the way stimuli arrive at our different senses

Answer 3

►Eye – Light (electromagnetic radiation)
►Ear – Sound (air pressure)
►Vestibular system – Head movements (mechanical energy)
►Tongue – Taste (chemical / molecular shape)
►Nose – Odour (chemical / molecular shape)
►Skin – Touch, Temperature & Pain (Mechanical, thermal & chemical

Question 4

What is transduction

Answer 4

the process by which individual sense organs convert (or transduce) energy from any environmental events into neural activity.

Question 5

describe transmission

Answer 5

carries the signals from the receptors to the brain and around the brain.

Question 6

Bottom up processing

Answer 6

• Processing based on incoming stimuli from the environment
  -Also called data-based processing

Question 7

Top Down processing

Answer 7

• Processing based on the perceiver’s previous knowledge (cognitive factors)
  
  • Also called knowledge-based processing

Question 8

Psychophysical approach (PP)

Answer 8

the stimulus-perception relationship

Question 9

Physiological approach (PH1)

Answer 9

the stimulus-physiology relationship

Question 10

Physiological approach (PH2)

Answer 10

the physiology and perception relationship