AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

BASIC CONCEPTS OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The basic experience of the stimulation of the body’s senses is called:
A
sensation
B
perception
C
adaptation
D
cognition
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sensation is the process by which physical energy from objects in the world or in the body stimulates the sense organs. The brain interprets and organizes this sensory information in a process called perception.

Detailed explanation-2: -The physical process during which our sensory organs-those involved with hearing and taste, for example-respond to external stimuli is called sensation.

Detailed explanation-3: -sensation, in neurology and psychology, any concrete, conscious experience resulting from stimulation of a specific sense organ, sensory nerve, or sensory area in the brain. The word is used in a more general sense to indicate the whole class of such experiences.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sensory stimulation is the input and sensation you receive when one or more of your senses is activated. This type of stimulation is important for infant development and can be used to improve the well-being of developmentally disabled adults, people with neurocognitive disorders, and older adults.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sensation is the process by which neural impulses are created by stimulation or sensory neurons that results in awareness of conditions inside or outside our body. There are five main senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. In addition we also have vestibular sense and kinesthetic sense.

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