Sensation and perception Flashcards
1
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Perception
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Proceed of organizing and interpreting the sensory info , enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events
2
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Bottom up processing
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Taking info assembling and inter grating it what am I seeing?
3
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Top down process
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Using models and ideas and expectations to interpret sensory info is that something I’ve seen before
4
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Reception
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The stimulation of senses cells by sound light heat
5
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Transduction
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Transforming cell stimulation into neural impulse
6
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Transmission
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Delivering neural info to be processed by the brain
7
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Sensation
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Our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energy from our environment
