Sensation & Perception

Passively receiving information through sensory input; Your senses (TTSHS) detect outside stimuli and they relay those signals to your brain is best described as:

• Perception

• Sensation

• Reflection

• Rejection

The way our brains organize and interpret sensory info and put it into context; often based on experiences is best described as:

• Perception

• Sensation

• Reflection

• Rejection

Which of the following are External Senses? Check all that apply:

• Sight

• Smell

• Touch

• Hear

• Taste

We all share the same sensory processes but our personal experiences and cognition directly influence our perceptions.

True of False?

• True

• False

Which of the following are Internal Senses? Check all that apply:

• Sight

• Vestibular (balance)

• Touch

• Kinesthesis (body positioning)

• Taste

Name that vocabulary term!

The point at which we notice the stimulus (50% of the time)

• Absolute Threshold

• Weber's Law

• Difference Threshold (JND)

• Sensory Adaptation

• Signal Detection Theory

Name that vocabulary term!

After being exposed to a stimulus for a while you are able to ignore it, no longer sense its presence

• Absolute Threshold

• Weber's Law

• Difference Threshold (JND)

• Sensory Adaptation

• Signal Detection Theory

Name that vocabulary term!

Change needed to notice difference between 2 stimuli is proportional to the original intensity stimulus; (Ex: more intense the stimulus, more change needed to notice difference).

• Absolute Threshold

• Weber's Law

• Difference Threshold (JND)

• Sensory Adaptation

• Signal Detection Theory

Name that vocabulary term!

Point @ which we can notice a CHANGE in the intensity of the original stimulus.

• Absolute Threshold

• Weber's Law

• Difference Threshold (JND)

• Sensory Adaptation

• Signal Detection Theory

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No absolute threshold (AT) for any sense. Your perception of stimulus depends on the situation; what expectations and motives you have, and your level of fatigue (How alert or not alert you are).

• Absolute Threshold

• Weber's Law

• Difference Threshold (JND)

• Sensory Adaptation

• Signal Detection Theory