In the Process of Perception, Individuals Receive Sensations Through Sight

question 155

Multiple Choice

In the process of perception, individuals receive sensations through sight, sound, taste, smell, and hearing. These sensations are called

• A) selective inputs.
• B) olfactory receptors.
• C) information inputs.
• D) perceptual motives.
• E) psychological influences.

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Definitions:

Taste Cells

Specialized sensory cells located on the taste buds of the tongue, responsible for perceiving different flavors such as sweet, salty, bitter, and sour.

Gustav Fechner

A German scientist who founded psychophysics and proposed the Fechner's law, relating physical stimuli to the sensation of their intensity.

Correct Rejection

In signal detection theory, the decision to correctly identify the absence of a signal or stimulus.

Miss

To fail to hit, reach, catch, or otherwise make contact with something; can also refer to feeling sadness from the absence or loss of someone or something.