Sensation and Perception

Question 1

sensation

Answer 1

raw input, info provided by the sensory system that places individual in relation to environment

Question 2

perception

Answer 2

interpretation of different sensations (events and objects) and making sense of things around us

Question 3

sensory conspicuity

Answer 3

the extent to which aspects of a stimulus (color/luminance) influence how easily it can be registered by the senses

Question 4

attention conspicuity

Answer 4

the interaction of aspects of a stimulus (color/form) with aspects of a person (attention/knowledge) that determine how likely a stimulus is to be consciously perceived

Question 5

direct perception

Answer 5

perception without the need for top-down processing

Question 6

structure of the visual system

Answer 6

ventral stream (what), dorsal stream (where)

Question 7

Ventral stream

Answer 7

a pathway in the brain that deals with the visual info of what objects are

Question 8

Dorsal stream

Answer 8

a pathway which carries visual info about the spatial location of an object

Question 9

Phenomenological experience

Answer 9

our conscious experience of the world

Question 10

Azimuth of a sound

Answer 10

determined by binaural cues which rely on comparing the input in both ears (ex: judging sound direction)

Question 11

Elevation of a sound

Answer 11

determined by spectral cues

Question 12

Distance coordinate of a sound

Answer 12

how far a sound is from the listener

Question 13

Sensory overload

Answer 13

a situation in which there is too much incoming sensory info to be adequately processed

Question 14

Haptic perception

Answer 14

combines info from more than one sense (tactile and kinesthetic)

Question 15

Proprioception

Answer 15

knowledge of the position of the body and its parts