SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
BASIC CONCEPTS OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
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not see different colors
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be continuously bothered by street noises outside her house
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find it impossible to distinguish light and sound waves
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not be able to distinguish between hot and cold sensations
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Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of Sensory Adaptation Sight: When you go into a dark room or outside at night, your eyes eventually adjust to the darkness because your pupils enlarge to let in more light. Likewise, when you are in bright light, your eyes adjust to the narrowing of your pupils.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sensory adaptation refers to the way our senses adjust to different stimuli. Various senses-including hearing, touch, smell, proprioception, and sight-can adapt in response to changes in the environment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sensory adaptation is important for daily functioning because it allows our attention to be freed to detect new and/or important aspects of our environment without being distracted by aspects of it that are constantly there.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following is an example of sensory adaptation? When admiring the texture of a piece of fabric, Calvin usually runs his fingertips over the cloth’s surface. He does this because: if the cloth were held motionless, sensory adaptation to its feel would quickly occur.