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PS124- Introduction to Psychology – Unit 8 Seminar
Perception How we identify and interpret our
sensations and how we organize them into our thought processes
Sensation vehicle through which we take the
information in
Motivation Culture Upbringing Religion Gender Profession Geography
Does our perceptions remain relatively stable, or change throughout the lifespan?
Embodied Perception – Profitt’s runner experiment Superbowl phenomenon
Gestalt –the whole is more than the sum of its parts (unified whole) Figure and Ground Similarity Continuity Proximity Closure The following figures were taken fromhttp://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/
process/gestaltprinciples/gestaltprinc.htm
Figure Ground – We organize visual images to have a figure, and a background, resulting in an initial image, but upon further examination, the background can become the image
Similarity – Similar Stimuli tend to be grouped together
Proximity – grouping figures in close proximity to one another
Continuity – perceiving stimulus in smooth, continuous ways
Closure – filling in the gaps of an image to form a whole unified image
Five senses Sight Smell Taste Hearing Touch
Failures in our senses Effect on first impressions Sensation disorders – CIPA
Taste Picky eaters? – Taste Receptors Taste disorders
Smell Pheromones Smell disorders Synesthesia
Alternate senses can step up and compensate for lost sensation – for example a blind person having an acute sense of hearing
Sensory adaptatoin Why doesn’t my garbage stink anymore?