PPT-Module 16 Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception

161 WHAT ARE SENSATION AND PERCEPTION WHAT DO WE MEAN BY BOTTOMUP PROCESSING AND TOPDOWN PROCESSING Sensation and perception are actually parts of one continuous process Sensation . *. Define acuity for me, please.. Acuity, as defined by the . M. erriam-Webster . medical . dictionary, . is “a keenness of sense perception. ”.. A sensation, (according to Sensation and Perception 3. Processing the World. Notice Anything Strange?. “N is sort of…rubbery…smooth, L is sort of the consistency of watery paint… Letters also have vague personalities, but not as strongly as numbers do.”. Sensing and Perceiving. We Experience Our World Through Sensation. Seeing. Hearing. Tasting, Smelling, and Touching. Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Perception. Sensing and Perceiving. We Experience Our World Through Sensation. AP Psychology. Ms. C. Fahey. We do not actually experience the world directly, but instead we experience it through a series of “filters” we call senses. . The study of these sense and their effect on our behavior is called . CHAPTER 4. SENSATION & PERCEPTION. Sensation. : The process of receiving stimulus energies from the external environment and transforming those energies into neural impulses.. How energy from the world is transformed into neural impulses that our brain can understand.. Learning objectives. understand what is meant by indirect or inferred perception. describe . how . information processing theorists . explain perception, with particular reference to . signal detection theory. Fatmah . Sakran. 200901078. Definitions . Sensation:. The detection of physical energy emitted or reflected by physical objects. Occurs when energy in the external environment or the body stimulates receptors in the sense organs.. Do Now-HW quiz . Notes. Activity. Do Now. Go to my teacher page, click on AP Psychology Do Now’s and copy and paste the link into the URL.. Ap psychology: unit . 3. Introductory Psychology. :. Sensation & Perception. Course Website. www.psy.fsu.edu/~johnson/snp. Read ‘Course Objectives’. Lecture/Lab: 1 Grade. 3 Unit Exams (multiple choice) and a Final Exam (essay). Unit Exam Forgiveness. ‘Schedule’ Page. Lecture Topics and Reading Assignments. Do Now-HW quiz . Notes. Activity. Do Now. Go to my teacher page, click on AP Psychology Do Now’s and copy and paste the link into the URL.. Ap psychology: unit . 3. Introductory Psychology. :. Sensation & Perception. Sensation and Perception Warm Up What are the five senses? How is your behavior and thinking impacted by your senses? Homework: 1 paragraph response • Explain which of the following you think plays a bigger role in your life: Do Now-HW quiz . Notes. Activity. Do Now. Go to my teacher page, click on AP Psychology Do Now’s and copy and paste the link into the URL.. Ap psychology: unit . 3. Introductory Psychology. :. Sensation & Perception. Outline: Sensation and Perception. Define key terms. Describe the relationship between the physical world and its psychological representation (i.e., . sensation. ).. Discuss how we use psychological representations to identify objects (i.e., . SECTION 1: SENSATION. WHAT IS SENSATION?. Def. : what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor. Stimulus. : an aspect of or change in the environment to which an organism responds. SENSATION CONTINUED.