Unit 3 topic 2- Process of Visual Perception

Question 1

What is Visual Sensation

Answer 1

captured light information from environment by eye

Question 2

What is Visual Perception

Answer 2

meaningfully interpreting visual stimuli.

Question 3

1st step of process

Answer 3

Reception

Question 4

What is reception

Answer 4

light captured by sensory receptors in eye

receive electromagnetic energy by photoreceptors

Question 5

what is a photoreceptor

Answer 5

cell in retina responding to light

Question 6

Rod

Answer 6

low level of light intake, no colour vision (for peripheral vision)

Question 7

Cone

Answer 7

Respond well in bright light

Responsible for colour and central vision

Question 8

2nd step of process

Answer 8

Transduction

Question 9

What is transduction

Answer 9

Convert light energy to electro-chemical energy that can be processed by the brain

Question 10

3rd step of process

Answer 10

Transmission

Question 11

What is transmission

Answer 11

sending visual sensory information to primary visual cortex in occipital lobe

Question 12

4th step of process

Answer 12

Selection

Question 13

What is selection

Answer 13

process of differentiating various components that make up visual image using feature detector neurons

Question 14

5th step of process

Answer 14

organisation

Question 15

what is organisation

Answer 15

resembling visual elements of visual stimuli into one meaningful image

Question 16

6th step of process

Answer 16

interpretation

Question 17

what is interpretation

Answer 17

process of assigning meaning to a visual stimuli using depth cues, visual constancies, perceptual set and culture.