PSYC 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Likelihood Principle, Simple Features, Visual Cortex

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Monica Castelhano

Document Summary

We define perception as experiences resulting from stimulation of the senses. Perceptions can change based on added information. Perception can involve a process similar to reasoning or solving a problem: ex: remembering that the object you see is actually an umbrella, not wood, because you remember seeing it yesterday. Arriving at a perception can involve a process: can be described as (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g a (cid:862)reaso(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) pro(cid:272)ess, happens so fast that it appears to be automatic. Perception occurs in conjunction with action: ex. Running and perceiving at the same time: we are usually moving, and even when we are sitting down watching tv, for example, our eyes are constantly moving as we shift our attention from one thing to another. Perception involves dynamic processes that accompany and support our actions. Without perception, it is unlikely that these feats of acquiring knowledge, storing it, and retrieving it later would happen.