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Section 7
Sensation and Perception
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sensation | receiving stimulus energy from the environment |
| transduction | converting stimulus energy to neural impulses and sending them to the brain |
| perception | brain receiving, organizing, and interpreting neural impulses |
| somesthetic senses | touch, kinesthetic, vestibular |
| factors affecting the pain experience | anxiety, control, attention, interpretation |
| gesalt psychology | school of thought rooted in the idea that "the whole is more than the sum of its parts"- figure and ground, continuity and closure, perceptual sets and expectancies- size/shape constancy, depth perception (visual cliff) |
| factors affecting the likelihood of attention | intensity, familiarity, contrast, motivation |