Vce psychology unit 2 tes - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Sensation - the physical Detection and response to sensory information vie sensory receptors. Perception - The cognitive detection of stimuli. assigning meaning to incoming sensory information. Reception - The process of detecting and responding to incoming sensory information. Receptive field - The area of space in which a sensory receptor can respond to a stimulus or the specific area of sensitivity of a receptor cell where a stimulus will affect its activity.

Depth cue - Source of information from the environment (external cue) or from within the body (internal cue) that assists perception of how far away objects are and therefore perceive depth, often classified as binocular or monocular. Binocular depth