Transcript Intro to Sensation and Perception

JOURNAL ENTRY
• DO YOU BELIEVE IN UFOs?
• WHEN PEOPLE CLAIM TO SEE
UFOs, DO YOU BELIEVE THEY
ARE TELLING THE TRUTH?
Intro to Psychology
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
SENSATION vs PERCEPTION
SENSATION = The detection of physical energy
PERCEPTION = The interpretation
of sensory info.
EXAMPLE:
Seeing & Believing
HOW do we Sense Things?
SENSE RECEPTORS are cells located in
the sense organs (eyes, ears, etc.) that
convert _______________ energy to
______________ energy
SENSE RECEPTORS
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SENSORY NEURONS
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BRAIN CELLS
I’m not the only one who has electrical
currents running through my body!
HMM??
Think for a second just how much sensory
information your mind is receiving at any one
moment
INTERNET BRAIN
How can your brain possibly make sense
of all this information and interpret it
properly?
FUN TIME!
What do you think
might happen if
your sensory
neurons sent
information to
the wrong part of
the brain?
WEIRD, but TRUE!
• _______________: A rare condition in
which stimulation of one sense also
evokes a sensation in another
In other words, a person might see sounds or smell
colors
EXAMPLE 1: A person may say that
the aroma of cinnamon feels like velvet
EXAMPLE 2: One might say that the
sound of a clarinet tastes like cherries.