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PSYCH 230 UNIT 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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PSYCH 230 UNIT 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

perception - Answers- the process of creating conscious perceptional experience from
sensory input
-changing sensory input into a meaningful conscious experience

sensation - Answers- registration of physical stimuli from the environment on sensory
receptors
-it changes physical stimuli into information in our nervous systems

basics of perception - Answers- stimulus --> sensation --> perception

receptors, transduction, neural response

neural transduction - Answers- receptors, transduction, and neural response

transduction process - Answers- the receptors take the physical stimulus in the
environment and they will transform it into an electrical, chemical signal that we call a
neural response

2 basics of perception - Answers- #1 it allows us to act on the environment
#2 phenomenology: an internal experience that we don't need to act on (ex: a sunset)


Hering - Answers- -colors are perceived through 2 pairs of opposing colors (4 primary
colors, not 3)
-against constructivism
-believed there was no need for unconscious inference

computational approach - Answers- -many things are done at the same time
-can do many computations at once
-flow of info does not always go in one direction
-more complex and biologically plausible approach to understanding perception

microelectrode - Answers- technique that involves taking an animal and taking out a
little part of their skull and using very little electrodes so we can implant them and study
the neurons that we are interested in studying.

visual agnosia - Answers- an inability to recognize objects

prosopagnosia - Answers- inability to recognize faces
-can only identify features, but not put faces together

electroencephalogram (EEG) - Answers- -put a cap on a participant's head with
electrodes and record activity

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