Visual Perception

Question 1

What are the 5 steps of Visual Perception in order

Answer 1

1: Stimulus
2: Reception
3: Transduction
4: Transmission
5: Interpretation

Question 2

What is the Stimulus in reference to visual perception

Answer 2

Incoming light wave

Question 3

What is Reception in reference to visual perception

Answer 3

Reception occurs when the sensory receptors (photoreceptors in the retina) detect and respond to the raw sensory information

Question 4

What is Transduction in reference to visual perception

Answer 4

As the light waves move through the eye/s this message is converted from light waves into action potential/electrical message in the retina by the rods and cones

Question 5

What is transmission in reference to visual perception

Answer 5

This is the process of sending sensory information along the optic nerve to the relevant areas of the brain via the thalamus

Question 6

What is interpretation in reference to visual perception

Answer 6

Interpretation involves giving meaning to the information transmitted to the brain from the eye