AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

BASIC CONCEPTS OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Our sensory system receiving stimuli from the environment:
A
gestalt
B
sensation
C
perception
D
absolute threshold
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Organs such as the eyes, nose, ears, tongue, and skin are associated with sensory receptors responsible for receiving stimuli from the outer environment. The raw stimuli from the sense organs are transported to the respective sensory lobes present in the brain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sensation = the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment. Perception = the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

Detailed explanation-3: -The skin contains millions of sensory receptors that gather information related to touch, pressure, temperature, and pain and send it to the brain for processing and reaction.

Detailed explanation-4: -The environment is full of sensory stimuli/ information which we pick up through sensory receptors all over our body. These sensory receptors are mainly concentrated in our hands, feet, lips, mouth, tongue, eyes, ears, nose and skin. There are seven different types of receptors related to each of the seven senses.

Detailed explanation-5: -The sensory system detects signals from the outside environment and communicates it to the body via the nervous system. The sensory system relies on specialized sensory receptor cells that transduce external stimuli into changes in membrane potentials.

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