SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
BASIC CONCEPTS OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
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retinal disparity
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interposition
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top-down processing
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perceptual adaptation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Perception. Bottom-up processing is the process of ‘sensation’ and top-down is the process of ‘perception’. Sensation is the input of sensory information from our external environment that is received by our sensory receptors.
Detailed explanation-2: -Apperceptive agnosia refers to a failure of pattern recognition caused by an inability to categorize objects at a perceptual level of analysis. Associative agnosia, by contrast, is caused by an inability to categorize objects at a functional semantic level of analysis.
Detailed explanation-3: -The context creates an expectation that, top-down, influence our perception. the controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input; includes telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition. the study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis.
Detailed explanation-4: -Perceptual Set. A perceptual set is a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another (top-down processing). Through experience we form concepts, or schemas, that organize and interpret unfamiliar information.