PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 4 Part 1: Gestalt Psychology, Retina, Afterimage
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The process of detecting external events with sense organs and turning those stimuli into neural signals. Involves attending t, organizing interpreting stimuli that we sense. The different senses are separated in the brain. The reduction of activity in sensory receptors with repeated exposure to a stimulus. The field of study that explores how physical energy such as light and sound and their intensity relate to psychological experience. The minimum amount of energy or quantity of a stimulus required for it to be reliably detected at least 50% of the time is presented. Is the smallest difference between stimuli that can be reliably detected at least 50% of the time. States that the just noticeable difference between two stimuli changes as proportion of those stimuli. States that whether a stimulus is perceived depends on both the sensory experience and the judgement made by the subject.
