Sensation and Perception

What is the process of receiving information from the environment through sensory organs called?

• Perception

• Sensation

• Interpretation

• Cognition

Which term refers to the way we interpret and make sense of sensory information?

• Sensation

• Perception

• Stimulus

• Sensory receptors

What is the role of sensory receptors?

• To interpret sensory information

• To receive and process stimuli

• To create new stimuli

• To store memories

How can past experiences affect our perception?

• They have no effect

• They can alter how we interpret sensory information

• They only affect our sensation

• They enhance our sensory organs

Which of the following is a process of sensation?

• Selection

• Organisation

• Reception

• Interpretation

Which of the following is a process of perception?

• Transduction

• Transmission

• Reception

• Organisation

What is a stimulus?

• A specialized organ containing sensory neurons

• Anything that influences an organism

• Detection of environmental stimuli

• Specialized cells detecting information from the senses

What is the role of sensory organs?

• To influence an organism

• To detect environmental stimuli

• To contain sensory neurons (receptors)

• To convert information to electrochemical energy

What is sensation?

• Specialized cells detecting information from the senses

• Anything that influences an organism

• Detection of environmental stimuli by sensory organs

• Specialized organs containing sensory neurons

What are sensory receptors?

• Specialized organs containing sensory neurons

• Anything that influences an organism

• Specialized cells detecting information from the senses

• Detection of environmental stimuli