AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

HEARING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The principle that one sense may influenceanother is:
A
Transduction
B
Sensory adaptation
C
Weber’s Law
D
Sensory interaction
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -sensory interaction the principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste. We have seen that vision and kinesthesia interact. Actually, all our senses eavesdrop on one another (Rosenblum, 2013). This is sensory interaction at work.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sensory interaction occurs when different senses work together, for instance, when taste, smell, and touch together produce the flavour of food. Selective attention allows us to focus on some sensory experiences while tuning out others.

Detailed explanation-3: -Information from one sense has the potential to influence how we perceive information from another, a process called multimodal perception.

Detailed explanation-4: -d. Sensory interaction is the principle that one sense may influence another. 4. d. is the answer.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sensory-perceptual alteration can be defined as when there is a change in the pattern of sensory stimuli, followed by an abnormal response to such stimuli. Such perceptions could be increased, decreased, or distorted with the patient’s hearing, vision, touch sensation, smell, or kinesthetic responses to stimuli.

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