AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

BASIC CONCEPTS OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary sensory experiences that make up taste?
A
Sweet
B
Sour
C
Bitter
D
Warmth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Taste proper is commonly divided into four categories of primary stimuli: sweet, sour, salty and bitter. One other primary taste, savory, termed umami, is controversial.

Detailed explanation-2: -Four aspects of sensory information are encoded by sensory systems: the type of stimulus, the location of the stimulus in the receptive field, the duration of the stimulus, and the relative intensity of the stimulus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Taste or gustation is one of the 5 traditional senses including hearing, sight, touch, and smell. The sense of taste has classically been limited to the 5 basic taste qualities: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami or savory.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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