Ap psychology vocab unit 4 five senses

The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.

The sensory nerve endings that respond to stimuli

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enables us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

The analysis begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information

Information that is guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations.

Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

Failing to notice changes in the environment.

Conversion of one form of energy into another. In sensation the transforming of stimulus energies such as sights, sounds. and smells. into the neural impulses, our brains can interpret

The study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli such as their intensity and our psychological experience of them

The minimum stimulation required for a particular stimulus to be detected is 50% of the time.