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CHS AP Psychology
Unit 4: Sensation, Perception and States of Consciousness
Essential Task 4-1:Discuss basic principles of sensation/bottom up processing with specific attention to sensory transduction, absolute threshold, difference threshold (Weber's Law), signal detection, and sensory adaptation.
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Essential Task 4-:
• Sensation/bottom-up processing• Perception/top-down processing• Transduction• Absolute threshold• Difference threshold
– Weber's Law• Signal detection• Sensory adaptation
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Sensation & Perception
How do we construct our representations of the external world?
To represent the world, we must detect physical energy (a stimulus) from the
environment and convert it into neural signals. This is a process called
sensation.
When we give meaning by selecting, organizing, and interpreting our sensations, the process is called
perception.
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Sensation vs. Perception
• Sensation– The experience of sensory stimulation
• Perception– The process of creating meaningful
patterns from raw sensory information
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What do you see vs. what do you perceive?
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Sensation
Perception
Bottom Up vs. Top Down Processing
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Bottom-up Processing
Analysis of the stimulus begins with the sense receptors and works up to
the level of the brain and mind.
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Top-Down Processing
Information processing is guided by higher-level mental processes as we construct perceptions, drawing on our experience and expectations.
THE CHT
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Example of Top-Down Processing
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Absolute Threshold
• Smallest detectable LEVEL of a stimulus.
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No
Detection must be 50% of time.
Intensity
AbsoluteThreshold
Detected
YesYesNo No
Observer’s Response
Tell when you (the observer) detect the light.
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Absolute Thresholds
• Taste: 1 gram (.0356 ounce) of table salt in 500 liters (529 quarts) of water
• Smell: 1 drop of perfume diffused throughout a three-room apartment
• Touch: the wing of a bee falling on your cheek from a height of 1cm (.39 inch)
• Hearing: the tick of a watch from 6 meters (20 feet) in very quiet conditions
• Vision: a candle flame seen from 50km (30 miles) on a clear, dark night
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Difference threshold
– The smallest detectable CHANGE in a stimulus
– Also called the just noticeable difference (jnd)
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Difference Threshold
Difference Threshold: Minimum difference between two stimuli
required for detection 50% of the time, also called just noticeable
difference (JND).DifferenceThreshold
Tell when you (observer) detect a difference in the light.
No
Observer’s Response
No Yes
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Our perceptions are organized by meanings that our minds impose.
We perceive the world not as it is, but as it is useful for us.
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Sensory Thresholds
• Weber’s Law– States that the difference threshold is a
constant proportion of the specific stimulus
– Senses vary in their sensitivity to changes in stimulation
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Signal Detection Theory (SDT)
Predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus (signal)
amid background noise (other stimulation). SDT assumes that there is
no single absolute threshold and detection depends on:
Person’s experienceExpectationsMotivationLevel of fatigue
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Sensory adaptation– An adjustment of the senses to the level
of stimulation they are receiving– Ever forgotten you are wearing a watch?– Ever gotten used to a smell?– Then why don’t things disappear from
your vision?