AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The individual is first exposed to an object or stimulus-a loud noise, a new car, a tall building, another person, and so on.

Detailed explanation-2: -The question for cognitive psychologists is how we manage to accomplish these feats so rapidly and (usually) without error. The vast topic of perception can be subdivided into visual perception, auditory perception, olfactory perception, haptic (touch) perception, and gustatory (taste) percep-tion.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, upon walking into a kitchen and smelling the scent of baking cinnamon rolls, the sensation is the scent receptors detecting the odor of cinnamon, but the perception may be “Mmm, this smells like the bread Grandma used to bake when the family gathered for holidays.”

Detailed explanation-4: -The perception process has three stages: sensory stimulation and selection, organization, and interpretation. Although we are rarely conscious of going through these stages distinctly, they nonetheless determine how we develop images of the world around us.

Detailed explanation-5: -Types of Perception This includes visual perception, scent perception, touch perception, sound perception, and taste perception. We perceive our environment using each of these, often simultaneously.