AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After some time has passed, you can no longer smell the odor of wet paint that you noticed when you first walked into your classroom. Which is the most likely reason for this?
A
The smell has gone away
B
You have adapted to the smell
C
Your olfactory bulbs have failed
D
Your olfactory receptor cells have died off
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sensory adaptation is an automatic, involuntary process that involves becoming less sensitive to sensory stimulation. Habituation is a behavioral phenomenon involving a decreased response to something that occurs over time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Habituation is a gradual decrease of strength of risk sensitivity due to: Repeated exposure to stimuli, which creates a sense of familiarity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Developmental psychologists focus on human growth and changes across the lifespan, including physical, cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality and emotional growth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bottom-up processing starts at the very basic level of sensory receptors (more on those later) and works up to higher levels of processing. top-down processing information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations.

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