PSYC 3270 Lecture 1: 01 Lecture 1 [Textbook] Chapter 1 (2)
10 Jan 2016
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Chapter 1: introduction to perception the paradox: although we still don"t understand perception , perceiving is something that occurs almost effortlessly. Perceiving a scene is more difficult than : playing world championship chess or, accessing vast amounts of knowledge to answer quiz questions. Perception that everything you see, hear, taste, feel, or smell is created by the mechanisms of your senses. Whatever you are feeling depends on the activation of these receptors: perception depends on the properties of the sensory receptors. Perceptual process + knowledge inside the person"s head: from stimuli to responses by the 7 steps. How they operate within different areas of the brain. Perceptual process do not always unfold in a one-follows-the-other order: e. g. perception ( i see something ) & recognition ( that"s a tree ) Stimuli (steps 1-2: internal stimulus & external stimulus (focus on the external stimulus in this course, environmental stimulus. Reflection of light from the tree (principle of transformation: principle of transformation.
