PSYC 230 UIUC EXAM 1 With complete solu on RATED
A+ NEW EDITION 100% VERIFIED CORRECT
Percep on - the process of organizing and interpre ng sensory informa on, enabling us to
recognize meaningful objects and events
Are there really 5 senses? - No, there are from 7-12 different senses
neural transduc on - receptors, transduc on and neural response
Sensa on - ac va on of sensory receptors due to a s mulus in the environment (physical
s mulus---->neural signal)
Phenomenology - internal experience that everyone has of the external world around them
Aristotle and the Five senses - Aristotle said there were five senses - smell, sight, touch, taste,
and hearing - but science suggests there are many more than that
Thomas Young - showed that light, like waves, could be diffracted, color recptors
Johannes Mueller - doctrine of specific nerve energies (dis nct senses)
Von Helmholtz - percep on is constructed from both senses and cogni ve processes,
unconscious inference, three basic color receptors
Hering - colors are perceived through 2 pairs of opposing colors (four primary colors, not three)
, Weber's Law - the just no ceable difference between two s muli is based on a propor on of
the original s mulus rather than on a fixed amount of difference
Fechner - father of psychophysics, the study of the rela on between physical s muli and the
percep on they elicit
Fechner's Law - sensa on is a logarithmic func on of physical intensity
Gestalt Psychology - the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Law of Proximity (Gestalt) - elements close to one another tend to be perceived as a unit
Law of Common Fate (Gestalt) - visual elements that move in the same speed and/or direc on
are parts of a single s mulus
law of closure (gestalt) - we tend to see complete figures even when part of the informa on is
missing
Law of Similarity (Gestalt) - objects that are similar tend to be grouped together
Law of Good Con nua on (Gestalt) - elements that appear to follow the same pathway tend to
be grouped together
Gibson and Direct Percep on - sensa on is percep on, what you see is what you get
Informa on Processing Approach - a perspec ve on understanding cogni on that divides
thinking into specific steps and component processes (LIKE A COMPUTER)
A+ NEW EDITION 100% VERIFIED CORRECT
Percep on - the process of organizing and interpre ng sensory informa on, enabling us to
recognize meaningful objects and events
Are there really 5 senses? - No, there are from 7-12 different senses
neural transduc on - receptors, transduc on and neural response
Sensa on - ac va on of sensory receptors due to a s mulus in the environment (physical
s mulus---->neural signal)
Phenomenology - internal experience that everyone has of the external world around them
Aristotle and the Five senses - Aristotle said there were five senses - smell, sight, touch, taste,
and hearing - but science suggests there are many more than that
Thomas Young - showed that light, like waves, could be diffracted, color recptors
Johannes Mueller - doctrine of specific nerve energies (dis nct senses)
Von Helmholtz - percep on is constructed from both senses and cogni ve processes,
unconscious inference, three basic color receptors
Hering - colors are perceived through 2 pairs of opposing colors (four primary colors, not three)
, Weber's Law - the just no ceable difference between two s muli is based on a propor on of
the original s mulus rather than on a fixed amount of difference
Fechner - father of psychophysics, the study of the rela on between physical s muli and the
percep on they elicit
Fechner's Law - sensa on is a logarithmic func on of physical intensity
Gestalt Psychology - the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Law of Proximity (Gestalt) - elements close to one another tend to be perceived as a unit
Law of Common Fate (Gestalt) - visual elements that move in the same speed and/or direc on
are parts of a single s mulus
law of closure (gestalt) - we tend to see complete figures even when part of the informa on is
missing
Law of Similarity (Gestalt) - objects that are similar tend to be grouped together
Law of Good Con nua on (Gestalt) - elements that appear to follow the same pathway tend to
be grouped together
Gibson and Direct Percep on - sensa on is percep on, what you see is what you get
Informa on Processing Approach - a perspec ve on understanding cogni on that divides
thinking into specific steps and component processes (LIKE A COMPUTER)
