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AP Psych
Unit 1.6 & 2.1: Sensation & Perception Day 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inattentional Blindness | Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere ex.) moonwalking bear video |
| Change Blindness | failure to notice change in our environment ex.) door study around U.S |
| Selective Attention | pay attention to one thing and tune out everything else around you ex.) The Cocktail Party Effect |
| Sensation | sensory receptors & nervous system receive stimulus from the environment |
| Perception | organizing & interpreting sensory information |
| Psychophysics | relationship between physical stimuli & our psychological experiences |
| Bottom-up processing | Examine small details to create a larger picture |
| Top-down processing | Construct perceptions on our experiences & expectations |
| Perceptual Set | a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another affects top-down processing |