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    Sensation: A mental process (as seeing‚ hearing‚ or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process. Marketers can utilize sensation in many areas of marketing mix such as advertising‚ product positioning‚ pricing and others. For example: In advertising‚ sensation and perception can be very important to making an advertisement effective and memorable. The five senses; sight‚ sound

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    Perception, Sensation

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    “Perception is more than just a sensation” Introduction Sensation is the passive process of bringing information from the outside world into the body and brain. Perception is the active process of selecting‚ organising and interpreting the information brought to the brain by the senses. Sensation and perception are two distinct processes‚ which collaborate to help us make sense of our environment. Perception requires physiological mechanisms and psychological components‚ these combine to help

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    Sensation and Perception

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    the sensation and perception of a person TOPIC: SENSATION AND PERCEPTION As man lives‚ vast information are continuously accepted by the senses or sense organs. Every second of life‚ the senses are functioning to connect the internal or physiological body to the external world or vice-versa. Through man’s development in life (from birth to death)‚ the senses are continuously affected by one stimulus after another. The process of accepting the stimulus by the sense is called sensation. The

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    Sensation and Perception

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    SENSATION AND PERCEPTION * One of the basic processes in the interaction of man and his environment that governs the reception of information. * Man must be able to sense‚ interpret‚ and respond to various events and stimulations. The study of reception and function of stimulation may be divided into two parts: * Sensation – considers the mechanism of receiving information * Perception – considers the received information and past experiences. SENSATION * Sensations that can

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    Smell

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    There are many different types of smell. Some smells are pleasant like aroma‚ fragrance and scent‚ are normally present on food‚ perfumes and flowers. They can be good but sometimes intolerable. Other types of smell like malodor‚ stench‚ reek and stink are use specifically to describe unpleasant odors. They can be strong‚ mild or tolerable. Most of these smells can be found at the right place‚ but not always at the right time. Some smells can be annoying to others at school‚ especially

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    Sensation and Perception

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    Psychology Sensation and Perception As we began the experiment‚ there was a tranquil and quiet environment. But as time passed disturbances and laughs were affecting how well I was able to distinguish the food and even the smells. According to the signal detection theory‚ the environment‚ our moods and attitudes play a great role in determining what we can or cannot distinguish. Although I was not able to detect some of the food and smells‚ I was able to distinguish most of them. I believe

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    Smell and Memory

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    Smell and Memory Donnell Brown PSYC304 American Military University Erica St. Germain Smell and Memory What is the best way to commit something to memory? Memory is a combination of the processes used to acquire‚ store‚ retain‚ and retrieve information (Cherry‚ 2012). Students‚ professionals‚ children‚ and researchers would all benefit from knowing how to best encode information and ensure that information remains imbedded in one ’s long-term memory banks. The study of human memory has been

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    Sensation and Perception

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    Sensation and Perception How vision (text)‚ audition (text) taste‚ smell‚ and touch work (textbook.) Illusions‚ limbs‚ and blind site. * What is real? * Process of taking in – sensation through senses. Collection of environment extra * Perception- interpretation from environment. Extra * Sensation: converting the stimulus (smell‚ sound‚ ect) as it arrives at receptors in the ears‚ eyes‚ or mouth‚ into neural impulses. * Perception: processing‚ comparing‚ and interpreting

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    Sensations Perceptions

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    On the first day of life babies go through many things. Sensations perceptions play a big role in a newborn first day of life. Acorrding to Discovering the Life Span defins sensation as the physical stimulation of the sense organs. (pg. 108) Perception is the sorting out interpretation analysis and integration of stimuli involving the sense organs and brain. (Feldman pg. 108) Visual perception is how you see the world. A newborns distance visual can range from 20/200 to 20/600. With a newborns vision

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    SENSATION PARTICIPATION

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    Sensation‚ Perception‚ and Attention Paper What is it that we think about when we hear the term sensation‚ perception‚ and attention‚ I know that we usually do not associate them being together in any form? What I have noticed from the readings of the different chapters. When dealing with sensation we look at it as being a feeling of how the receptors and early neural processing stages that responds to stimuli. Perception on the other hand is stimulus-driven process influencing behavior. Finally

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