General Psychology:
The inability to recognize
human faces, caused by What is prosopagnosia
damage to the temporal (face blindness) and what
lobe (in the right hemi- causes it?
sphere).
A top-down mental
process where sensory
information is interpreted
and assigned a meaning.
What is perception?
(influenced by context, ex-
pectations, and various
cognitive and emotional
processes)
A bottom-up process by
which your body detects
physical stimuli from the
Perception begins with
environment through your
sensation. What is sensa-
sensory organs.
tion?
(—like light, sound, touch,
taste, or temperature—)
Nerve endings that react
to the stimuli in the en-
vironment and initiate the
, General Psychology:
process of transmission
What are sensory recep-
of the information to the
tors?
brain.
Bottom up: Processing of
sensory information as it
enters sensory systems
and travels to the brain
What is bottom-up and
Top-down: Interpretation top-down processing?
of sensory information by
the brain using existing
knowledge, expectations
and beliefs.
Reduced response or sen-
What is sensory adapta-
sitivity to a stimulus due to
tion? desensitization
repeated exposure.
the ability to focus on spe-
cific stimuli or locations in What is attention?
our environment
the cognitive process of
selectively focusing on What is selective atten-
certain information while tion?
ignoring other stimuli.
, General Psychology:
The tendencies and pre-
dispositions to perceive What is "Perceptual set"?
the world in a certain way.
Perceptual constancy
refers to the perception of
an object that is constant
despite changes to how
What is perceptual con-
the object is sensed.
stancy?
Perceptual constancy ap-
plies to all sensory do-
mains.
False sensory experi-
ences that others do not
experience.
What are hallucinations?
i.e: seeing something in
the absence of an external
visual stimulus.
A perceptual illusion that
shows how what we
see can influence what
we hear—especially in
speech.
, General Psychology:
When the auditory com-
ponent of one sound is
paired with the visual com-
ponent of another sound,
leading to the perception
of a third sound.
What is the McGurk ef-
fect? "ba" "ga" "da"
Being exposed to the
sound "ba" while seeing
mouth movements for the
sound "ga" can lead to a
perception of the sound
"da."
When stimulation of one
sensory modality pro-
duces automatic experi-
ences in a second sensory
modality*** What is synesthesia?
(for example, sounds elicit
experiences of tastes).
Smells elicit colors.
Assesses the relationship
between physical stimuli & What is psychophysics?
perceptual experiences
The inability to recognize
human faces, caused by What is prosopagnosia
damage to the temporal (face blindness) and what
lobe (in the right hemi- causes it?
sphere).
A top-down mental
process where sensory
information is interpreted
and assigned a meaning.
What is perception?
(influenced by context, ex-
pectations, and various
cognitive and emotional
processes)
A bottom-up process by
which your body detects
physical stimuli from the
Perception begins with
environment through your
sensation. What is sensa-
sensory organs.
tion?
(—like light, sound, touch,
taste, or temperature—)
Nerve endings that react
to the stimuli in the en-
vironment and initiate the
, General Psychology:
process of transmission
What are sensory recep-
of the information to the
tors?
brain.
Bottom up: Processing of
sensory information as it
enters sensory systems
and travels to the brain
What is bottom-up and
Top-down: Interpretation top-down processing?
of sensory information by
the brain using existing
knowledge, expectations
and beliefs.
Reduced response or sen-
What is sensory adapta-
sitivity to a stimulus due to
tion? desensitization
repeated exposure.
the ability to focus on spe-
cific stimuli or locations in What is attention?
our environment
the cognitive process of
selectively focusing on What is selective atten-
certain information while tion?
ignoring other stimuli.
, General Psychology:
The tendencies and pre-
dispositions to perceive What is "Perceptual set"?
the world in a certain way.
Perceptual constancy
refers to the perception of
an object that is constant
despite changes to how
What is perceptual con-
the object is sensed.
stancy?
Perceptual constancy ap-
plies to all sensory do-
mains.
False sensory experi-
ences that others do not
experience.
What are hallucinations?
i.e: seeing something in
the absence of an external
visual stimulus.
A perceptual illusion that
shows how what we
see can influence what
we hear—especially in
speech.
, General Psychology:
When the auditory com-
ponent of one sound is
paired with the visual com-
ponent of another sound,
leading to the perception
of a third sound.
What is the McGurk ef-
fect? "ba" "ga" "da"
Being exposed to the
sound "ba" while seeing
mouth movements for the
sound "ga" can lead to a
perception of the sound
"da."
When stimulation of one
sensory modality pro-
duces automatic experi-
ences in a second sensory
modality*** What is synesthesia?
(for example, sounds elicit
experiences of tastes).
Smells elicit colors.
Assesses the relationship
between physical stimuli & What is psychophysics?
perceptual experiences
