PSYC 111 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Sensory Memory, Operant Conditioning, John Bowlby
23 Aug 2016
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2: perception is the selection, organization and interpretation of sensation. Perception is a is stimulation of sensory organs. complicated process involving many elements which together create meaning from sensations: a perceptual set is a readiness to perceive a stimulus in a particular way. It often occurs when we interpret information based on prior experience with something similar (student doubles don"t notice because assume it"ll be same). You interpret sensations based on expectations: figure-ground perception (ex/lamp or faces (black or white) a. i. Figure- part of visual with meaning usually has distinct edges a. ii. Ground-less contoured part of visual field; background: grouping (certain properties of a stimulus allow you to automatically visually group them together) b. i. Closure (it may look like a circle but it"s not really, just lines that are close) b. iii. Both are influenced by a variety of factors besides stimulus intensity: they are photoreceptors in the retina that detect light.
