PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Phi Phenomenon, Depth Perception
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Developmental psychology a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive and social change throughout the life span. Sensation the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment. Perception the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events. Bottom up processing analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain"s integration of sensory information. Top down processing information processing guided by higher level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations. Transduction conversion of one form of energy into another. In sensation, the transforming of stimulus energies, such as sights, sounds, and smells, into neural impulses our brain can interpret. Psychophysics the study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli, such as their intensity, and our psychological experience of them.
