Psychology 1100E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Patent Lens, Retina, Wavelength

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1100E
• Professor: Cheung, Hessel, Dumas, Cole

Document Summary

Cycle of perception: sensation: process by which the sensory receptors and nervous system receive and transmit information from the physical world, perception: process by which the brain interprets the sensory information to make sense of the world. Interested in the relationship between the magnitude of a sensation and the magnitude of the stimulus that gave rise to that perceptual sensation: siri is the culmination of a lot of. If you are in a quite room, you will probably notice someone turning on music, if you"re i(cid:374) a ragi(cid:374)g party, the(cid:374) you (cid:449)ill pro(cid:271)a(cid:271)ly (cid:374)ot (cid:374)oti(cid:272)e (cid:894)we(cid:271)er"s la(cid:449)(cid:895) In touch: pressure on skin, turns into an action potential. Electrommangentic spectrum: humans can only see in 103 (300 to 700 nm of wave length, cannot see shorter ultra violet rays or infrared rays. Iris: coloured membrane that results in coloured eyes, sphincter muscle which dilates.