PSYC 1004 Lecture 4: Psych 1004 perception note
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Distal stimulus: object or event o, physical energy o. The process of becoming aware of the external world through information gathered by the sense receptors. Thought to be influenced by experience, i. e. learning. Empiricists: e. g. , descartes, born with it or aint gonna get it, e. g. , helmholtz, perception is learned, perception is an active process, hypothesis testing. Is the turquoise square in the front or the back: deals with your frontal lobe. Birds: egg shell transmits sounds, temperature and learned a lot even before hatched, earlier pecking was all over, later pecking was more accurate. Empiricist: reversing prisms change apparent location of corn. Ski mask- appears 7 degrees from where it is and something still happened that without ski mask. Light affects lamination of the visual pathways. Light is required for normal cell growth: reared with translucent goggles. Reared from 0 to 3 months of age. Could not tell if object was or was not moving: spinnelli, kittens reared with goggles.
