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AP Psychology: Sensation and Perception

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4. True or false: perception takes place bef...
False; perception takes place after the brain processes a given stimulus in order to provide interpretation of various sensations.
5. What are the five steps of the perception...
1. stimulus 2. transduction of stimulus to sensory perceptors 3. areas of the brain process the sensation 4. brain forms appropriate associations 5. the stimuli becomes a personal perception with an individual meaning for the person
6. How do structuralists view the formulatio...
Structuralists believe that complex perceptions can be broken down into smaller elements or "building blocks."
7. What is the traditional tagline associate...
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
8. Who created the Ames room, and what does ...
The Ames Room, created by Albert Ames, demonstrates that size perception can be affected and ultimately deceived by varying depth clues.
9. What is a subliminal message?
A subliminal message is a stimulus, usually auditory or visual, that is presented just shy of the absolute threshold. There is only a 50% chance that the stimulus will be perceived; hence it is a subliminal stimulus.
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