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Section 7
Sensation and Perception
Term | Definition |
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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 |