Other Forms of Sensation

What is Sensation?

• the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell.

• refers to how the mind process information.

• refers to how we store information.

Perception can be defined as:

• how we perceive different things.

• how we interpret the information from the external world.

• how we sense things from the external world.

Identify the Law

• Law of Similarity

• law of proximity

• Law of continuation

What sense helps maintain balance?

• Vestibular

• Kinesthetic

• Audition

• Olfaction

The coiled, fluid filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called...

• eustachian tube

• auditory canal

• semicircular canal

• cochlea

What is the first part of the eye that light hits?

• lens

• cornea

• pupil

• retina

The sense of movement and body position

• Hearing
• Sight
• Kinesthesis
• Olfaction
• Touch

Which of the following is a perception?

• noting a change in temperature
• hearing an increase in volume
• recognizing an object as a car
• viewing a decrease in brightness

Being able to see a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night is the

• absolute threshold for human vision
• difference threshold for human vision.
• perceived threshold for human vision
• ratio threshold for human vision

Vibration is crucial to which sense?

• sight
• hearing
• smell
• taste