Unit 3 Psych

What is sensation?

• A state of awareness

• When something comes in contact with our senses

• Long, thin strands of nerve tissue

• Making meaning of our sensations

What is perception?

• Making meaning from the information from our senses

• Process of remembering past experiences.

• Ability to see things clearly.

• Act of hearing sounds.

Give an example of sensation.

• Hearing a loud noise and thinking it's a robber

• Seeing a rainbow after a rainstorm and recognizing it's a rainbow

• Seeing letters on a computer

• Tasting a meal and thinking it's yummy

Give an example of perception.

• Seeing a red apple and recognizing it as a fruit.
• Smelling a rose and identifying it as a type of food.
• Looking at letters on a slide.

• A state of awareness

What part of the brain is colored green?

• Frontal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Parietal lobe

What part of the brain is colored yellow?

• Temporal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Frontal lobe

• Parietal lobe

What part of the brain is colored red?

• Frontal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

Which part of the brain is blue?

• Occipital lobe

• Frontal lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

What does the temporal lobe control?

• sight

• touch

• speech and sounds

• smell

Which sense is controlled by the occipital lobe?

• Sight

• Speech and sounds

• Touch

• Smell