AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

BASIC CONCEPTS OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Detection is to interpretation as sensation is to
A
accommodation
B
transduction
C
perception
D
psychokinesis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sensation occurs when sensory receptors detect sensory stimuli. Perception involves the organization, interpretation, and conscious experience of those sensations.

Detailed explanation-2: -A. Perception is the interpretation of information from the environment so that we can identify its meaning. B. Sensation usually involves sensing the existence of a stimulus, whereas perceptual systems involve the determination of what a stimulus is.

Detailed explanation-3: -Signal Detection Theory, or SDT, is probably the most important and influential theoretical framework for modeling how perceptual decisions are made in forced-choice tasks. Its central concept is that perceptual decisions are based on a stochastic or probabilistic representation of stimuli inside the brain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sensation and perception are two separate processes that are very closely related. Sensation is input about the physical world obtained by our sensory receptors, and perception is the process by which the brain selects, organizes, and interprets these sensations.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sensation is input about the physical world obtained by our sensory receptors. Perception is the process by which the brain selects, organizes, and interprets these sensations.

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