PSY 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Infor, Cochlear Implant, Sound Energy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Elizabeth Campbell

Document Summary

We experience the difference threshold as a just noticeable difference (or jnd). Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving. For example, some cells are stimulated by green and inhib- ited by red; others are stimulated by red and inhibited by green. gestalt an organized whole. The gate is opened by the activity of pain signals traveling up small nerve fibers and is closed by activity in larger fibers or by information coming from the brain. Sensory interaction the principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste. Retrieval questions: what is the rough distinction between sensation and perception, answer: sensation is the bottom-up process by which the physical sensory system receives and represents stimuli. Perception is the top-down mental process of organizing and interpreting sensory input. Subliminal stimulation happens when, without our awareness, our sensory system processes that sound (when it is below our absolute threshold).