Sensation and Perception

sensory receptors

The operations in S and P in which ________ register info about the external environment and send it up to the brain for interpretation.

P

The operation in S and ________ is launched by cognitive processing at the brain's high levels that allow the organism to sense what's happening and to apply that framework info to the world.

Psychophysics

________- the study of the psychological effect of the forms of energy.

psychological factors

It depends not just on the intensity of the stimulus but also on ________.

Signal detection theory

________- whether or not we detect a stimulus, especially amidst background noises.

Psychophysics

the study of the psychological effect of the forms of energy

Signal detection theory

whether or not we detect a stimulus, especially amidst background noises

Weber's Law

for two stimuli to be perceived as different we must differ by a minimum percentage