Unit 2.2.2 Processing Visual + Gustatory Information Flashcards
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Sensations
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- Info from the environment
- Detected by the sensory organs
- Transmitted to the brain
2
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Perception
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- Mental process
- Recognising, interpreting + giving meaning to the info received by the sense organs
3
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Three stages of sensation
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- Reception
- Transduction
- Transmission
4
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Reception
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The sensory info is first received
5
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Transduction
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The info is converted into a neural impulse
6
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Transmission
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The info is sent to the brain for perceptual processing
7
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Three stages of perception
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- Selection
- Organisation
- Interpretation
8
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Selection
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- Process
- Attending to certain features of sensory stimuli
- To the exclusion of others
9
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Organisation
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- Process
- Regrouping together the individual components of sensory info we have selected
- So that we are presented with meaningful wholes + cohesive info
10
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Interpretation
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- Process
- Understanding + assigning meaning to sensory info to understand it
11
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Bottom-up processing
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- Processing of sensory info
- That uses salient features
- To develop an idea/bigger picture
- On an environmental stimuli
- Specific to general
12
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Top-down processing
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- Processing of sensory info
- By applying prior knowledge and expectations
- General to specific
13
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Visual perception
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- Process
- Becoming consciously aware of visual stimuli
- As a result of the interactions between the visual sensory system and the individual’s internal + external enviro
14
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Taste
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Our perception of flavour
15
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Gustation
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The sense of taste
