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PSY- 300- week -2 DQ 2

PSY- 300- week -2 DQ 2

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Wk. 2 DQ 2: How does sensation and perception affect learning? Provide an example

of each.

In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “Sensation is defined as a mental process (as

seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a

sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory

process. Perception is defined as awareness of the elements of environment through

physical sensation.”

Sensation is learning through the senses, the is too bright, the eyes tell the brain that

the light is bright or the food smells good the noise sense the smell tells the brain of the

smell.

Perception is learning through contact making sense of what is seen, heard, tasted,

felt, and smelled. Eating a hot dog would give that contact to what the senses smelled

that was good.

Response 2

Sensation and perception work together in the learning process. They need each other

for one to understand and comprehend new and old information. Sensation is all the

things that we learn through our senses and perception is how our minds process the

information we retrieve through our senses. Sensation could be anything that we learn

through feeling, smelling, tasting, or hearing. Perception is how we process and retain

that information. We could feel a sensation that is hot to our skin, our perception will tell

us that it was hot to our skin, therefore not to touch that hot surface again because it

was harmful to our touch. We learn many behaviors through sensation and perception.

The phrase live and learn relates to sensation and perception. When we hear things we

are using sensation. Deciding on what to do with the information we hear is our

perception working for us. I have heard before, "Believe nothing you hear, and half of

what you see." This phrase is referring to the validity of the way things are perceived

under different circumstances. The learning process has sensation and perception

working in conjunction to make sense and understand the information.

Response 3

first lets discuss the definitions of both sensations and perceptions. sensation is how

the sence orgin's help get the informations of environment and send this information to

the the brain. then perception is how the brain organizes and understands those

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Wk. 2 DQ 2:?How does sensation and perception affect learning? Provide an example of each. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, "Sensation is defined as a mental process (as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process. Perception is defined as awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation." Sensation is learning through the senses, the is too bright, the eyes tell the brain that the light is bright or the food smells good the noise sense the smell ...
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