AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

BASIC CONCEPTS OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the process by which our brain organizes and interprets information, enablings us to recognize meaningful objects and events?
A
Sensation
B
Perception
C
Bottom-Up Processing
D
Transduction
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Perception: the process of organization and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

Detailed explanation-2: -Interpretation is the third part of the perception process, in which we assign meaning to our experiences using mental structures known as schemata. Schemata are like databases of stored, related information that we use to interpret new experiences.

Detailed explanation-3: -Perception = the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events. Bottom-up processing = analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain’s integration of sensory information.

Detailed explanation-4: -Perception refers to the way sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced. Perception involves both bottom-up and top-down processing.

Detailed explanation-5: -Perception is the process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting information. This process includes the perception of select stimuli that pass through our perceptual filters, are organized into our existing structures and patterns, and are then interpreted based on previous experiences.

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