Intro to Psych Ch. 3

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Sensation

the process of receiving stimulus energies from the external environment and trabsforming those energies into neural energy

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Perception

the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information so that it makes sense

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absolute threshhold

the minimum amount of stimulus energy that a person can detect

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difference threshold

the degree of difference that must exist between two stimuli before the difference is detected

  • Weber’s law=they must be by PERCENTAGE

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gestalt psychology

a school of thought interested in how people naturally organize their perceptions according to certain patterns

  • closure

  • proximity

  • similarity

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