PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cranial Nerves, Phototropism, Aplysia
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In our last class, we began looking into how our mind is able to make sense of the stimuli that it detects in the environment. In this class, we"ll begin to examine how we can respond to these stimuli and other things that we encounter in our environment beyond just the act of perception. In the early 1900"s, as the field of psychology became popular in the world, researchers started turning their attention the end result of sensation and perception the response that an organism gives to the stimulus. Stimulus an event that occurs in the environment. Responses the organism"s behaviors exhibited in as a result of that stimulus. The focus on innate versus learned responses. Innate responses responses to stimuli that are produced by an organism without thought or a requirement of a previous exposure. Reflexes responses to stimuli that involve individual muscles. Taxis responses to stimuli that involve the entire body.
