PSYCH 255 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Qualia, Edwin Smith Papyrus, Virtual Reality
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I"ll ask you about a tree falling in the woods. Environmental stimuli includes photons of light, air vibrations, or chemical molecules; we convert these into qualia through transduction. I"ll ask you to think about some situations where a particular sense would be more useful than others (e. g. smell is a more useful way to determine whether a food is fresh than hearing). Sight is a more useful way to tell if it"s safe to accelerate your car rather than hearing. Touch is a useful way to tell if water is cold rather than smell. Taste is a useful way to sense if something is spicy rather than hearing. Touch is a useful way to tell if a surface is hot rather than sight. I"ll ask you to define transduction and qualia. Transduction: the conversion from environmental stimuli to neural signals.
