PSYCH211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Evoked Potential, Perceptual Learning, Pacifier
13 Dec 2017
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Sensation: detection of stimuli by the sensory receptors and the transmission of this info to the brain. Neonates sense the environment, such as sound, taste. Learning: the process by which our behaviors change as a result of experience. Empiricist (william james): an infant was a tabula rasa(blank slate) who must learn to interpret sensations. (new born baby is presented a blooming, buzzing confusion due to all sensory input combining together. ) There is an objective reality out there to which we respond. Enrichment theory: we must add to sensory stimulation by drawing on stored knowledge(our available cognitive schemes) in order to perceive a meaningful world. (our knowledge helps is construct meaning from the sensory stimulation we receive) Example: people draw on their memory of musical passages to add to what they have just heard and infer what the song must be. Expectation affect perception since expectation makes you choose a specific type of schema to interpret the stimuli.
