Psych 111 Midterm Reviewer Questions And
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behaviours - ANSWER Built through information obtained from the outside world
senses - ANSWER only sources of information about the world and our own body
enriched - ANSWER what happens to an experience when different types of sensory
inputs are combined
cooperation of all senses - ANSWER needed to build up a behaviour
elaborating, recombining and abstracting - ANSWER ways of supplementing sensory
information
sensation - ANSWER any experience dependent upon the stimulation of one or another
of the senses to bridge others
sensation - ANSWER information about the world is registered by the senses and
transmitted to the brain
sensation - ANSWER includes a physical and physiological stage
sensation - ANSWER the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system
receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment
feeling - ANSWER of sensory organs detecting and responding to stimulation from
environment
,perception - ANSWER sensations are recognized into a meaningful pattern and concept
perception - ANSWER interpretation of sensation
perception - ANSWER process of organizing and interpreting sensory information,
allowing us to become aware of objects and events
perception - ANSWER made up of psychological stage
perception - ANSWER arousal to consciousness of sensation
perception - ANSWER interpretation and analysis of information from the environment
around us by our brain
reception - ANSWER stimuli are received by sensory organs that are first to gain this
information
transduction - ANSWER sensory organs in turn convert these stimuli into electrical
signal or neural impulses
transmission - ANSWER neural impulses are passed on to the brain by travelling through
the sensory pathways
processing - ANSWER brain processes signals that result in the initial detection of the
sensory information
selection - ANSWER brain sorts important sensory information and ignores irrelevant
stimuli
, selection - ANSWER critical as we are bombarded with sensory input
organization - ANSWER brain organizes selected information into meaningful patterns
proximity - ANSWER grouping of objects close together
similarity - ANSWER grouping objects that are alike
continuity - ANSWER receiving a continuous line or pattern
closure - ANSWER filling in gaps to perceive a complete object
interpretation - ANSWER the brain gives meaning to the integrated sensory information
interpretation - ANSWER based on a person's past experiences, perception, mood and
culture
parietal lobe - ANSWER processes sensory information from touch, temperature and
pain
parietal lobe and temporal lobe - ANSWER processes taste
occipital lobe - ANSWER processes visual information
occipital lobe - ANSWER interprets input from the eyes
temporal lobe - ANSWER carries out the processing auditory information
temporal lobe - ANSWER also processes smell
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