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Def: Our "window to the world" or how we receive stimulus.
Sig: Megan took a sip of her iced tea and was soothed by the cool sensation. |
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Def: The relationship between the physical characteristics of stimulus and the psychological effects of our perceptions.
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| DEF: The minimum amount of stimulus needed to recognize stimuli 50% of the time. |
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Def: To percieve something as a whole and work your way to understanding the components. Often involves grouping.
Sig: One catagorizes a flock of birds as a whole unit before individual birds because of their similar movements and actions- this is an example of top-down processing. |
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Def: The way the brain interprets stimulus.
Sig: Though both Dana and Billy saw the same boy running across campus, Billy percieve him as running towards something while Dana percieved him as running away from something |
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Def: Processing something from its components and working your way to the whole
Sig: Understanding a Christmas tree is a Christmas tree once it has the star on top is a form of bottom-up processing |
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