Sensory, Attentional and Perceptual Processes
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What is sensation and how does it differ from perception?
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Sensation is the initial experience of a stimulus registered by a sense organ - it's the process of detecting and encoding physical stimuli. Examples include experiencing 'bright', 'loud', or 'warm'.
Define Absolute Threshold (AL) with an example.
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Absolute Threshold is the minimum value of a stimulus required to activate a given sensory system. It's the point where a stimulus can be detected 50% of the time. Example: The minimum number of sugar…
What is Difference Threshold (DL) and how is it measured?
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Difference Threshold (DL) is the smallest difference in stimulus value necessary to notice two stimuli as different from each other. It's measured as the minimum change that produces a sensation diffe…
Name the seven sense organs and what information they provide.
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External senses: 1) Eyes (vision), 2) Ears (hearing), 3) Nose (smell), 4) Tongue (taste), 5) Skin (touch, warmth, cold, pain). Internal senses: 6) Kinesthetic system (body position), 7) Vestibular sys…
Define attention and list its four main properties.
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Attention is the process of selecting certain stimuli from a group of others for focused processing. Its four properties are: 1) Selection - choosing specific stimuli, 2) Alertness - readiness to deal…
Explain the difference between focus and fringe of attention with an example.
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Focus of attention is when awareness is centered on a particular object or event - you're clearly conscious of it. Fringe of attention includes objects/events away from the center of awareness that yo…
What is selective attention and what factors influence it?
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Selective attention is the selection of limited stimuli from many available stimuli. External factors: size, intensity, motion, novelty, complexity of stimuli. Internal factors: Motivational (biologic…
Compare Broadbent's Filter Theory with Triesman's Filter-Attenuation Theory.
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Broadbent's Filter Theory: Multiple stimuli create a bottleneck, selective filter allows only one stimulus through for processing, others are completely blocked. Triesman's Filter-Attenuation Theory: …
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