2014 Eng 1101 Sensation and Perception As It Relates to Human Processing Although well related‚ sensation and perception play two complimentary but vastly different roles in how we interpret our world as humans. Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch‚ taste‚ sight‚ sound‚ and smell‚ also known as the five senses. This information is then sent to our brains in raw form where perception comes into play. Perception is the way we interpret sensations and then make
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the introduction chapter of my psychology book‚ perception and sensation‚ I concluded that I was not aware how our perception about things took effect and how we as humans could perceive things and act upon. The first section of the chapter‚ The Perceptual Process‚ outlined how the perceptual process works in our brains. When acting towards objects that occur in front of us whether they are small or big‚ it all begins with the lens of our eye and how a person quickly perceives the object. The principle
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To represent the world in our head‚ we must detect physical energy from the environment and encode it as neural signals‚ a process traditionally called sensation. As we sense the world or react to particular stimuli ‚ our brains receive that visual information and transform it into neural impulses called transduction. Our eyes‚ a light-capturing organ‚ consists of many parts that aid in our vision. The retina‚ specifically the eye’s light-sensitive surface on which the light rays are focused‚ contain
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surroundings. Sensation: the raw information‚ doesn’t yet mean anything to you until... Perception: the mental process of sorting‚ identifying‚ and and arranging raw sensory data. Enduring Issues in Sensation and Perception Person-Situation: how accurately perceptual experiences reflect the world Mind-Body: experience depending in biological processes Diversity-University: How similarly people experience events Stability-Change‚ Nature-Nurture: How our experience changes our perceptions of the outside
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Sensation & Perception FRQ Signal Detection Theory- Predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background “noise” and that detection depends on a person’s experiences‚ expectations‚ motivations‚ and fatigue level. A more experienced soldier understands the situation better and knows better what to watch and listen for than a less-experienced soldier. Soldiers in battle may detect a faint stimulus more accurately than a civilian because they have more motivation to hear
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In this study‚ researchers examined the effects of exposure to mercury and lead on children’s attention. From this study‚ researchers found that children exposed to higher levels of mercury or lead are three to five times more likely to be identified as having problems associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This study originated in a group of Inuit children in Quebec who were found to have a high rate of ADHD due to their exposure to mercury in their mother’s womb. These levels
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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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Discovery of Sensation and Perception from TV drama From the word ‘psychology’‚ ‘psycho’ refers to ‘psyche’ which means ‘mind’‚ ‘soul’‚ ‘breath’ and ‘spirit’; and ‘logy’ refers to ‘study of’ or ‘research’ (Online Etymology Dictionary‚ 2001). And according to Andrew (2009)‚ psychology defined as ‘treats of the soul’. And I define psychology as knowledge which enables us to interpret a person’s mood and thought by observing his or her motion. For example‚ when a person tells lies‚ he or she may
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Perception and thought are not independent of the cultural environment; therefore‚ our brains are both shaped by the external world and shape our perception of the external world. Sensation is the neurological process of becoming aware of our environment and is affected by our cultures. The Greek idea of a strong individual identity and the Chinese idea of harmony affected both the sensation and perception process in each culture. Perception is usually thought of as having three steps—selection
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The first part of our perception involves the things that grab our attention or that keep our attention. There are intensities to events in life that get our attention right away‚ for example. When something effects our senses of sight‚ sound‚ color or taste in a big way‚ we pay attention or become attracted to getting more‚ getting involved‚ getting less or getting away. There are repetitive events and statements that get past our biases and filters to eventually grab our attention in subtle ways
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