PSYC 1001 Lecture 8: DETAILED PDF LEC NOTES - CARLETON UNI - ROBIN LANGERAK

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Robin Langerak

Document Summary

Part a vision from the retina to the brain. What is perception: the transfer of information between cns and pns. Who is this: perception explains the details experienced through each of your senses in isolation and in combination, colour, smell, the feel plus sound of nails on a chalk board (you"re welcome) Why study perception: https://youtu. be/rkrbebvoyqi, synesthesia: cross-talk between different sensory modalities results in unique and stable linking of characteristics onto 1 stimulus, e. g. Psychology psyc 1001-b: perception colours everything about your experience of the world. Psychophysics: psychophysics is the study of how physical stimuli in the world are translated into psychological experience, question: how do the different types of energy stimuli e. g. light, sound waves, etc. There are 3 psychophysical methods to test detection (sensation): 1. Constant stimuli: a set of stimuli are presented at random intensity: 2. Limits: stimuli are presented in ascending or descending order: 3.