Sensation + Perception (EXAM 1)

Question 1

Sensation

Answer 1

Physiological processes associated with intake of sensory information (we are constantly bombarded with sensory information)

Question 2

Perception

Answer 2

Psychological process involved in immediate organization and interpretation of sensations

Question 3

Bottom-up processing

Answer 3

Recognition is determined by evaluating most basic elements of stimuli first (sensations directly cause perception) (not influenced by contextual factors or prior knowledge)

Question 4

Top-down processing

Answer 4

Recognition is assisted by context, previous knowledge, or expectations (”whole is greater than the sum of its parts)

Question 5

Gestalt Approach: What are the main 4 principles?

Answer 5

1. Similarity
2. Proximity
3. Closure
4. Simplicity

Question 6

Similarity

Answer 6

Objects are grouped according to their similarity

Question 7

Proximity

Answer 7

Objects are grouped according to their proximity

Question 8

Closure

Answer 8

Objects are perceived as whole even when parts are missing or covered

Question 8

Simplicity

Answer 8

Objects are perceived in the simplest possible way

Question 9

What happens when you have sensation without perception?

Answer 9

Hallucinations (mental illness, drug-induced), sensory deprivation

Question 10

Agnosia

Answer 10

Deficit in recognition (prosopagnosia: face blindness) (color blindness)

Question 11

Multisensory Perception

Answer 11

Sensations are rarely isolated; our mind makes sense of the world by combining incoming sensations and filling in gaps

Question 12

Vision + Olfaction (Morrort, Brochet, Dubourdieu 2001): What was the example?

Answer 12

Participants given white wine colored with red dye. Had to indicate if the smell was more similar to a red or a white wine. Participants described the smell as a red wine