章敏感知psyc chapter 4 notesAPPSYC4注释.pdfVIP

Chapter4-SensationandPerception

I.MeasuringSensationandPerception(p115-120)

a.psychophysics-studyofhowthemind

interpretsthephysicalpropertiesofstimuli

b.sensation-theprocessofdetectingphysical

energieswiththesensoryorgans

bottomupprocessing-

c.perception-thementalprocessof

interpretingsensoryinformation

topdownprocessing-

SeeFig4.1(p116)

d.selectiveattentionandselectiveinattention-

wearenotasgoodatmulti-taskingaswe

wouldliketobelieve.“changeblindness”

changeblindnesplained

changeblindnessdoorstudy

changeexperiment

awarenessbasketballtest

whodunnit?

e.absolutethreshold-theminimumintensity

ofastimuliatwhichparticipantscan

identifyitspresence50%ofthetime

f.jnd-(justnoticeabledifference)minimum

changeinintensityforparticipantstoidentify

50%ofthetime.

g.Weber’sLaw-(MaxWeber)theproportionof

changeinastimulusthatisnecessaryto

producejnddependsontheintensityatwhich

thestimuluswasfirstpresented(p123)

II.TheEyeandoursenseofVision(p124-133)

Reviewtheanatomyoftheeyeandhowit

transformslightenergyintoneuralmessages.

Inorderforvisiontooccur,oureyesconvert

electroicenergy(waves)ofthevisible

spectrumintoactionpotentials(neuralimpulses)

thatourbrainprocesses.

a.Wavelength-distancweenwavepeaks