SENSATION AND PERCEPTION What is Sensation Sensation is

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SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

What is Sensation? § Sensation is the process that activates our sense receptors and

What is Sensation? § Sensation is the process that activates our sense receptors and enables them to transmit signals to the brain. § What are our senses? § Sight § Hearing § Smell § Touch § Taste

What is Perception? § Perception is the process that allows us to select, organize

What is Perception? § Perception is the process that allows us to select, organize and interpret sensory signals from the brain. § The brain organizes and makes sense of the information.

What do you see? § How many legs does the elephant have? § How

What do you see? § How many legs does the elephant have? § How does our experience influence our perception of this image?

What do you see? § What is the first thing you see? § How

What do you see? § What is the first thing you see? § How does our experience influence our perception of this image?

What do you see? § What do you see first? § How does our

What do you see? § What do you see first? § How does our experience influence our perception of this image?

What do you see? § What is the first thing you see? § How

What do you see? § What is the first thing you see? § How does our experience influence our perception of this image?

Did you see the word ‘liar’?

Did you see the word ‘liar’?

What do you see? § What is the first thing you see? § How

What do you see? § What is the first thing you see? § How does our experience influence our perception of this image?

What do you see? § What is the first thing you see? § How

What do you see? § What is the first thing you see? § How does our experience influence our perception of this image?

What do you see? § What is the first thing you see? § How

What do you see? § What is the first thing you see? § How does our experience influence our perception of this image?

What do you see?

What do you see?

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What do you see?

What do you see? § How many black circles can you count?

What do you see? § How many black circles can you count?

How do YOU see the world? § Your preconceptions, assumptions, bias, perceptions, opinions, beliefs/values

How do YOU see the world? § Your preconceptions, assumptions, bias, perceptions, opinions, beliefs/values all shape how you see the world § It’s important to examine and reflect on your way of knowing the world so you can be as aware as possible of your potential biases/viewpoint § You can still have an opinion, of course, but it is important to know where your opinion is coming from

What does this all mean? And how does it have anything to do with

What does this all mean? And how does it have anything to do with psychology? ? ? § All branches of psychology are concerned with understanding human mental processes > the mind & how it works.

Your Turn! What do YOU see? ? ?

Your Turn! What do YOU see? ? ?

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