chpt. 5 -- sensation & perception

This is intro. to Psychology class notes on sensation & perception. This document goes into detail about sensation & perception, absolute threshold, sensation (just noticeable difference), perception (sensory adaptation), perception (attention and motivation), perception (other factors), Gestalt principles, figure-ground relationships, proximity, similarity, continuity, waves & wavelengths, frequency, light waves, color perception, sound waves, vision (anatomy), photoreceptors, visual pathways, visual deficits, color vision, color blindness, depth perception, hearing (anatomy), transduction, sound localization, hearing deficits, taste, gustation, smell, olfaction, touch, balance, vestibular sense, proprioception, and kinesthesia.