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PSYCHOLOGY #1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| STIMULI | External environmental information that provokes a physiological or psychological activity or response. eg - the wind hitting your skin and then you reacting to that. |
| SENSATION | The process by which our sense organs and receptors detect and respond to sensory information that stimulates them. |
| RECEPTION | The process of detecting and responding to incoming sensory information within the sensory organs. |
| SENSORY RECEPTORS | In sensory organs are specialized receptors that detect & respond to only that type of sensory information.. |
| RECEPTIVE FIELD | The area of space where a receptor can respond to a stimulus will affect the activity of receptor cells. eg - when you look directly in front of you, everything you see is the receptive field of your eyes. |
| PERCEPTION | The process where the brain gives meaning (interprets) to sensory information. eg - everything is perception, everything we see. |
| INTERPRETATION | In perception, the process of assigning meaning to incoming sensory information so that it can be understood. |
| What are the three main functions of the nervous system? | 1. Receive information. 2. Process information. 3. Co-ordinate a response to information. |
| What are the sensory organs? | ears, eyes, skin, nose and tongue |
| TRANSDUCTION | The process by which the receptors change the energy of the detected sensory information into a form which can travel along neural pathways to the brain as action potentials. |
| TRANSMISSION | The process of sending the sensory information to relevant areas of the brain via the thalamus. |
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