What is Sensation and perception? General Psychology discusses it's definition and I'ts differences. Credits To our Teacher: Professor Charmaine Maglangit for providing this powerpoint presentation.
2. SENSE ORGANS
-contains Receptors ( highly sensitive cells)
-responsible for translating stimulations
to neural impulse
Language of the nervous system
3. Sufficient stimulation of the
sense organs to produce neural
impulse to be sent to the
nervous system
Sensatio
n
•occurs when energy in the external environment or
the body stimulates receptors in the sense organs.
5. Perception
•Refers to the way in which sensory inputs from
the sense organs are organized, analyzed, and
interpreted in a meaningful way.
Refers to the meaningful
interpretation of
Sensation
7. “I have perfect vision but the problem is with my perception.
–Heather Sellers
“In college, on a date at the Spaghetti Station, I returned from the
bathroom and plunked myself down in the wrong booth, facing the
wrong man. I remained unaware he was not my date. I can’t
distinguish actors in movies and on TV. I do not recognize myself in
photos or video. I can’t recognize my stepsons in the soccer pick-up
line; I failed to determine which husband was mine at a party, in
the mall, at the market”
•She cannot recognize faces-prosopagnosia (face
blindness)
This curious mix of “perfect” vision and face blindness illustrates
the distinction between sensation and perception.
Case of Sensation vs perception
8. CHARACTERISTICS OF SENSORY
RECEPTORS
1. Selectivity 2. Adaptation
•Sensory receptors-
detect and respond to
one type of sensory
stimuli- light, smell, etc.
•Transduction-the
sensory receptors
convert the sensory
stimulation into neural
impulses.
•Allows us to adjust or
adapt to the unchanging
stimulation
9. SENSORY THRESHOLDS
1. Absolute Threshold
•The intensity in which we can discriminate the
presence or absence of stimulation
•Weakest amount of a stimulus that can be
distinguished from no stimulus at all
10. 2. Absolute Threshold
•Weakest amount of a stimulus that can be
distinguished from no stimulus at all
• Detected 50% of the time
11. 2. Difference Threshold
(Just Noticeable Difference)
•Minimum amount by which stimulus intensity
must be changed in order to produce a
noticeable difference in sensation.
13. Sense of Sight
•Seeing begins when light waves enter the eyes.
•Spectrum of electromagnetic energy
•Vary in wavelength
•Human eyes can perceive only a very thin
band of electromagnetic waves, known as
the visible spectrum (400 – 700nanometers)
•Within visible light, color is determined by
wavelength
15. The Eye
•Light enters through a narrow opening
• Cornea – transparent eye cover
• Iris – muscle; colored part of the eye
• Pupil – opening in the iris
•Sensitive to light and emotion
16. Structure The Eye
(Divided into three layers)
1.Sclerotic Coat
Sclera- white part of the eye
Cornea- top transparent coat located in front of the eyes
1.Choroid
2.Retina (contains photoreceptors)
Rods- functions in dim light (nocturnal vision), detects
movement, cannot detect color, responsible for peripheral
vision
Cones- functions best in bright light, provide sharp vision,
allows us to see in different colors
3 types of Cones: red, blue and green sensitive cones
17. TWO KINDS OF ADAPTATION
•Dark adaptation
-Process of adjusting to lower lighting
-Decrease sensitivity to light after a person enters a
dark room
•Light adaptation
- A decrease sensitivity in darkness after a person
walks out dark room
18. COMMON VISUAL PROBLEMS
1. MYOPIA (Nearsightedness)
-occurs when light is focused in front
of the retina
1. HYPEROPIA ( Far sightedness)
- Occurs when light is focused
behind the retina
1. ASTIGMATISM
-Uneven curvature of the cornea and
the light is unevenly focused in the
retina
-Vision appears blurred or distorted
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20. Theories of Color
•Trichromatic Theory
•Three types of cones
•Sensitive to red, green, or
blue
•Opponent-Process Theory
• Three types of color receptors
•Red-green, blue-yellow, and
light-dark
25. Sense of Hearing
•Hearing begins when sound waves enter the ear
•Human ear is sensitive to a particular range of
sound waves
• Measured in terms of cycles per second, or Hertz
(Hz)
•Human ear is sensitive to sound waves with
frequencies of 20 - 20,000 cycles per second
Hearing range decreases as
we age,
by the age of 70 many
people have trouble hearing
sounds above 6,000 Hz
26. Properties of Sound
•Amplitude
• Pertains to loudness of the sound
• Expressed in decibels (dB)
•Frequency
• Pertains to pitch of the sound
• # of cycles per second
• Expressed in hertz (Hz)
• Pitch of women’s voice is higher than men’s
•Timbre
• Pertains to distinct quality of sound.
• Distinguishes between two tones that have the same
loudness and frequency but still sounds different
29. Parts of the Ear
1. Outer Ear
•Composed of the Pinna or the external ear,
auditory canal and the eardrum
•Funnels sound waves to the eardrum
2. Middle Ear
•Tiniest bones in the middle ear: Ossicles (hammer,
anvil and stirrup)
•Acts as an amplifier
•Oval window – Round window-balances the pressure
30. Parts of the Ear
3. Inner Ear
•Composed of two organs:
•hearing
-Cochlea
•Contains hair cells
•Tubes inside the cochlea contains fluid
•Basilar membrane (center for auditory
transduction)
•Sense of Balance
-Vestibular apparatus
-it allows us to be aware of the relative
position of our head with regard to space
32. Deafness
•Conductive deafness
• Damage to middle ear
• Hearing aids can help
•Sensorineural deafness
• Damage to inner ear or auditory nerve
• Cochlear implants may help with damage to inner ear, but
not auditory nerve
34. Sense of Smell
•We smell when the molecules in the air we
breathe enter our nostrils
•Odors (molecules in the air) trigger receptor
neurons in olfactory membrane
•Sensory information about odors is sent to the
brain through the olfactory nerve
•Odor contributes to flavor of foods
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37. Sense of Taste
•Taste is sensed through taste cells
•Receptor neurons on taste buds
•Four primary taste qualities
•Sweet, sour, salty and bitter
•Umami (fifth basic taste) – savory
•Flavor of food depends on odor, texture,
temperature and taste
•Individuals have taste sensitivities
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40. Physiological Basis of Taste: Gustatory Sensation
-The top of your tongue is covered with a layer of
bumps called papillae
- Papillae contains the taste buds
-Flavoring chemicals in food dissolve in the saliva
-The saliva carries the flavor of the food and
enters the gustatory pore
- When the saliva comes into contact
with the gustatory hairs, chemical reactions are
translated to neural impulse.
-Messages are sent to the brain to
give us the taste of the food
43. Touch and Pressure
•Our ability to experience touch, pain,
pressure, warm sensation and cold
sensation is due to the excitation of
numerous receptors found in the skin
•Sensory receptors in skin fire when skin
surface is touched
44. Receptors of touch
•MECHANORECEPTORS
•Respond to mechanical stimulation such as
pressure, stretching of the skin and vibration
•4 types
•Merkel
•Meissner disks
•Ruffini cylinders
•Pacinian corpuscles
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46. •NOCICEPTORS
•Pain receptors are found among the
free nerve endings located both near
the surface of the skin (detect
extreme temperatures) and below the
skin’s surface ( detects sharp and
punctuate sensation)
47. Gate Theory of Pain
•Nervous system can only process a
limited amount of stimulation
•Rubbing the pained area competes for
neural attention
•Closes the “gate” on pain messages to
the brain
52. 1. Visual Perception
•Process used to organize sensory impressions caused
by the light that strikes our eyes
•Sensation is a mechanical process
•Perception is an active process
• Involves experience, expectations and motivations
53. 1. Visual Perception
•Process used to organize sensory impressions caused
by the light that strikes our eyes
•Sensation is a mechanical process
•Perception is an active process
• Involves experience, expectations and motivations
54. Visual Perception
•Process used to organize sensory impressions caused
by the light that strikes our eyes
•Sensation is a mechanical process
•Perception is an active process
• Involves experience, expectations and motivations
57. Gestalt Rules for Perceptual Organization
• Common Fate
• Elements moving together are grouped together (runners)
• Closure
• Fit bits of information into familiar patterns;
• Perception of a complete figure, even when there are gaps in
sensory information
• Proximity
• Nearness of objects
• Similarity
• Similarity of objects
• Continuity
• Series of points having unity
58. Perception of Motion
(mini class discussion)
•Visual perception of motion is based on change of
position relative to other objects
•Illusions of movement
• Stroboscopic motion (class discussion, how do we know that a train moves?)
67. Video Connections: The Ames Room
•Based on what you learn from the video about the
Ames Room, how do visual artists use illusions to
create a sense of depth in two-dimensional paintings?
69. Video Connections: The Ames Room
•Have you ever been surprised at how large the moon
looks on the horizon, “resting” atop buildings or trees
in the distance? How do you explain why it looks larger
under these circumstances than when it is high in the
sky?
•Can we rely on our past experience of rooms to make
sense of the Ames Room? Why or why not?
70. Virtual Reality
•Perception of events that are fed directly into the
sense via electronic technology
•Computer generated images used to overcome phobias
•Cybersex
Notes de l'éditeur
Truth or Fiction? People have five senses. FALSE People have many more than five senses. Touch is just one of your “skin senses” which also include pressure, warmth, cold, and pain. There are also senses that alert you to your own body position without your having to watch every step you take.
Truth or Fiction? If we could see waves of light with slightly longer wavelengths, warm-blooded animals would glow in the dark. TRUE If you could see light with slightly longer wavelengths, you would see infrared light waves. Since heat generates infrared light, warm-blooded people, including other people would glow in the dark.
Vision – a candle flame viewed from about 30 miles on a clear night
Hearing – a watch ticking from about 20 feet away in a quiet room
Taste – 1 teaspoon of sugar dissolved in 2 gallons of water
Smell – about one drop of perfume diffused though a small house
Touch – the pressure of the wing of a fly falling on a check about a distance of about .4 inch
Truth or Fiction? If we could see waves of light with slightly longer wavelengths, warm-blooded animals would glow in the dark. TRUE If you could see light with slightly longer wavelengths, you would see infrared light waves. Since heat generates infrared light, warm-blooded people, including other people would glow in the dark.
Vision – a candle flame viewed from about 30 miles on a clear night
Hearing – a watch ticking from about 20 feet away in a quiet room
Taste – 1 teaspoon of sugar dissolved in 2 gallons of water
Smell – about one drop of perfume diffused though a small house
Touch – the pressure of the wing of a fly falling on a check about a distance of about .4 inch
Weber’s constant
Light – 2% of intensity
Weight – 2% of weight
Sound – one-third of 1% change in pitch (frequency)
Taste – 20% difference in saltiness
The human eye is sensitive only to a particular range of wavelength called visible spectrum
The longest wavelength we can see is red and the shortest is violet. We cannot see infrared or ultraviolet rays.
Figure 4.1 The Visible Spectrum. By passing a source of white light, such as sunlight, through a prism, we break it down into the colors of the visible spectrum. The visible spectrum is just a narrow segment of the electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum also includes radio waves, microwaves, X rays, cosmic rays, and many others. Different forms of electromagnetic energy have wave-lengths which vary from a few trillonths of a meter to thousands of miles. Visible light varies in wave-length from about 400 to 700 billionths of a meter. (A meter = 39.37 inches.)
Light enters the cornea, light bent to the opening of the eyes called the PUPIL.
The iris regulates the amount of light that enters the eye.
The pupil dilates when dim and constricts when its bright. Regulated by the ANS
from the pupil it will pass through the lens then through the Retina where the photoreceptors are.
When converted by the rods and cones, the neural impulse is transmitted to the brain through the optic nerve to the occipital region where it is analyzed. Only then we can interpret it as an image.
all of this happens in a fraction of second.
Figure 4.6 Place a sheet of white paper beneath the book, and stare at the black dot in the center of the flag for at least 30 seconds. Then remove the book. The afterimage on the paper beneath will look familiar.
In the classroom, have students stare at the black dot in the center of the flag for at least 30 seconds. Then look at a white wall and the afterimage will appear.
Figure 4.7 Plates from a Test for Color Blindness. Can you see the numbers in these plates from a test for color blindness? A person with red-green color blindness would not be able to see the 6, and a person with blue-yellow color blindness would probably not discern the 12. (Caution. These reproductions cannot be used for actual testing of color blindness.)
Hearing range decreases as we age, by the age of 70 many people have trouble hearing sounds above 6,000 Hz
PITCH- the more frequent the vibration, the higher the pitch of the sound
sound waves are closer to each other
One cycle per second = 1 Hz
Pitch of women’s voice is higher than men’s
Women’s vocal cords are usually shorter
Vocal cords vibrate at a greater frequency
Figure 4.14 Sound Waves of Various Frequencies and Amplitudes. Which sounds have the highest pitch? Which are loudest?
Figure 4.15 Decibel Ratings of Familiar Sounds. Zero dB is the threshold of hearing. You may suffer hearing loss if you incur prolonged exposure to sounds of 85 to 90 dB.
Hearing begins when the external ear collects sound waves and hits the eardrum
Eardrum vibrates when it is hit
Stirrup- oval window- vibration passes from the bones of the middle ear to the inner ear
Malfunctions= dizziness/ loss of balance
Receptors: hair cells found in this apparatus
Figure 4.16 The Human Ear. The outer ear funnels sound to the eardrum. Inside the eardrum, vibrations of the hammer, anvil, and stirrup transmit sound to the inner ear. Vibrations in the cochlea transmit the sound to the auditory nerve by way of basilar membrane and the organ of Corti.
We smell when the molecules in the air we breathe enter our nostrils
As we inhale, the air along with the chemical substances in the air goes inside our nasal cavity and stimulates the hair like cells that project from our olfactory bulb.
HAIR Cells are responsible for converting chem. Reactions to neural impulses that are sent to the brain via olfactory nerve.
Only when the signals from the nose are analyzed in the cortex can we distinguish the odor of what we smell
Sense of smell is the first to mature because it is relevant for survival
We seem to know by instinct that foul smelling substances are harmful to the body
That is why we cover our nose when we smell something bad.
Covering our nose is one of the ways by which we protect ourselves from infection and contamination
Our sense of smell adapt to quickly
The top of your tongue is covered with a layer of bumps called papillae
Papillae help grip food and move it around while you chew.
They contain your taste buds, so you can taste everything.
There are neurons in the spinal cord that serves as gate to pain
Pain generated by small nerve fibers are allowed to pass the gate
Signal carried by large nerve fibers are prevented from passing the gate
It is theorized that pain is felt only when the fiber that carries the pain signal enters the pain gate and gets to the brain
Example of Figure and Ground are available in the textbook, Figure 4.9.
Figure 4.10 Some Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization. These drawings illustrate the Gestalt laws of proximity, similarity, continuity, and closure.
Examples of closure can be found in text Figure 4.8.
Refer to Figure 4.11 for a demonstration of overlapping and shadowing
Size constancy. See a video demonstration of size constancy.
Refer to Figure 4.13 in the text for an example of both the Hering-Helmholtz and the Müller Lyer Illusion.
For some on-line examples of many of the visual phenomena, see Project Lite, an atlas of visual phenomena, created by Kenneth Brecher and Scott Gorlin and funded by an NSF Grant at http://lite.bu.edu/vision/applets/lite/lite/lite.html
Precognition - Able to perceive future events in advance
Psychokinesis - Mentally manipulating or moving objects
Telepathy - Direct transmission of thought or ideas from one person to another
Clairvoyance - Perception of objects that do not stimulate sensory organs
Truth or Fiction? Some people can read other people’s minds. FALSE There is no adequate scientific evidence that people can read other people’s minds.
Learning Objectives of Video Connections: The Ames Room.
Explain the source of confusion in the Ames room.
Understand how our perception can sometimes be “tricked.”
Learning Objectives of Video Connections: The Ames Room.
Explain the source of confusion in the Ames room.
Understand how our perception can sometimes be “tricked.”