{"id":2109,"date":"2016-10-25T20:34:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T20:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-psychology\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2109"},"modified":"2024-05-17T02:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T02:29:44","slug":"outcome-sensation-and-perception","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-psychology\/chapter\/outcome-sensation-and-perception\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Sensation and Perception","rendered":"Introduction to Sensation and Perception"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: differentiate between sensation and perception<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/855\/2017\/02\/02212759\/Signac_-_Portrait_de_Fe%CC%81lix_Fe%CC%81ne%CC%81on.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-3586 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/855\/2017\/02\/02212759\/Signac_-_Portrait_de_Fe%CC%81lix_Fe%CC%81ne%CC%81on.jpg\" alt=\"1890, Portrait of F\u00e9lix F\u00e9n\u00e9on, Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, oil on canvas, 73.5 x 92.5 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Man in a suit holding a top hat is reaching out with a flower in his hand. The background is multicolored swirls.\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nSensation and perception are two separate processes that are very closely related. Sensation is input about the physical world obtained by our sensory receptors, and perception is the process by which the brain selects, organizes, and interprets these sensations. In other words, senses are the physiological basis of perception. Perception of the same senses may vary from one person to another because each person's brain interprets stimuli differently based on that individual's learning, memory, emotions, and expectations.\r\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>LEARNING OBJECTIVES<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Define sensation and\u00a0explain its connection to\u00a0the concepts of absolute threshold, difference threshold, and subliminal messages<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Discuss the roles attention, motivation, and sensory adaptation play in perception<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: differentiate between sensation and perception<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/855\/2017\/02\/02212759\/Signac_-_Portrait_de_Fe%CC%81lix_Fe%CC%81ne%CC%81on.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3586 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/855\/2017\/02\/02212759\/Signac_-_Portrait_de_Fe%CC%81lix_Fe%CC%81ne%CC%81on.jpg\" alt=\"1890, Portrait of F\u00e9lix F\u00e9n\u00e9on, Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, oil on canvas, 73.5 x 92.5 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Man in a suit holding a top hat is reaching out with a flower in his hand. The background is multicolored swirls.\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sensation and perception are two separate processes that are very closely related. Sensation is input about the physical world obtained by our sensory receptors, and perception is the process by which the brain selects, organizes, and interprets these sensations. In other words, senses are the physiological basis of perception. Perception of the same senses may vary from one person to another because each person&#8217;s brain interprets stimuli differently based on that individual&#8217;s learning, memory, emotions, and expectations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>LEARNING OBJECTIVES<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Define sensation and\u00a0explain its connection to\u00a0the concepts of absolute threshold, difference threshold, and subliminal messages<\/li>\n<li>Discuss the roles attention, motivation, and sensory adaptation play in perception<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-2109\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Modification, adaptation, and original content. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Sensation versus Perception. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: OpenStax College. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/psychology-2e\/pages\/5-1-sensation-versus-perception\">https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/psychology-2e\/pages\/5-1-sensation-versus-perception<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Download for free at https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/psychology-2e\/pages\/1-introduction<\/li><li>Introduction to Sensation. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Boundless. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boundless.com\/psychology\/textbooks\/boundless-psychology-textbook\/sensation-and-perception-5\/introduction-to-sensation-37\/introduction-to-sensation-157-12692\/\">https:\/\/www.boundless.com\/psychology\/textbooks\/boundless-psychology-textbook\/sensation-and-perception-5\/introduction-to-sensation-37\/introduction-to-sensation-157-12692\/<\/a>. <strong>Project<\/strong>: Boundless Psychology. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Public domain content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Painting. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Paul Signac. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Wikimedia. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" 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