Sensation and Perception_HUL261 (Tutorial 4)pptx

Psychology

1. HUL261 Tutorial 4

2. Sensation versus Perception Sensation Perception The process through which information is received from the environment and sensed through our sense organs. It does not involve meaningful interpretation. It is a physical process. Sense organs are primarily involved. It is not much influenced by maturation and learning. The process through which the received information is made sense of by the brain. It does involve meaningful interpretation. It is a higher order cognitive process. Brain plays the primary role. It is much influenced by maturation, learning, and experience.

3. Sensation or Perception? Feeling your phone vibrate in your pocket Recognizing your favorite song on the radio Tasting sweetness when eating a piece of candy Identifying the smell of freshly baked bread Seeing a bright flash of light Reading a road sign while driving Feeling pain when touching a hot stove Hearing a loud bang Noticing that an object is moving towards you Feeling hungry

4. Sensation or Perception? 11. Distinguishing between different musical instruments in a song 12. Sensing the temperature drop as you enter an air-conditioned room 13. Recognizing a face in a crowd 14. Realizing the day is very hot while stepping out 15. Detecting a bitter taste in medicine 16. Seeing the color red 17. Understanding spoken words in your native language 18. Feeling fabric texture when touching clothing 19. Hearing a high-pitched ringing sound 20. Perceiving depth in a 3D movie

5. How do we identify? Sensations: Feeling your phone vibrate in your pocket Tasting sweetness when eating a piece of candy Seeing a bright flash of light Feeling pain when touching a hot stove Hearing a loud bang Feeling hungry Sensing the temperature drop as you enter an air-conditioned room Detecting a bitter taste in medicine Seeing the color red Feeling fabric texture when touching clothing Hearing a high-pitched ringing sound

6. How do we identify? Sensations: Feeling your phone vibrate in your pocket Tasting sweetness when eating a piece of candy Seeing a bright flash of light Feeling pain when touching a hot stove Hearing a loud bang Feeling hungry Sensing the temperature drop as you enter an air-conditioned room Detecting a bitter taste in medicine Seeing the color red Feeling fabric texture when touching clothing Hearing a high-pitched ringing sound

7. Perceptions: Recognizing your favorite song on the radio Identifying the smell of freshly baked bread Reading a road sign while driving Noticing that an object is moving towards you Distinguishing between different musical instruments in a song Recognizing a face in a crowd Realizing the day is very hot while stepping out Understanding spoken words in your native language Perceiving depth in a 3D movie

8. Perceptions: Recognizing your favorite song on the radio Identifying the smell of freshly baked bread Reading a road sign while driving Noticing that an object is moving towards you Distinguishing between different musical instruments in a song Recognizing a face in a crowd Realizing the day is very hot while stepping out Understanding spoken words in your native language Perceiving depth in a 3D movie

9. Perception: Two types of processing Top-down Bottom-up

10. Bottom-up Top-down It involves taking in raw sensory information from the environment and processing it without relying on prior knowledge or expectations Data or stimulus driven Uses elementary details of sensory input and gradually builds upto higher level perception and understanding It uses higher level cognitive processes such as expectations and prior knowledge to influence the interpretation of incoming stimuli Knowledge or concept driven Uses mental models to make sense of ambiguous or incomplete sensory inputs by inferring missing details

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12. Bottom up : Example Learning a new language

13. Examples

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