AP Psychology – unit 4: Sensation and Perception

Sensation is to ______ as perception is to ________.

The process by which we select, organize, and interpret sensory information in order to recognize meaningful objects and events is called _________.

Bottom up processing involves analysis that begins with the _____.

The minimum amount of stimulation a person needs to detect a stimulus 50% of the time is called the ______.

A subliminal message is one that is presented...

Diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus is known as....

Process by which the lens changes shape to focus images on the retina

(Type of theory) The retina contains three kinds of color receptors