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    Sensation: © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Huffman: Psychology in Action, 7E

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    SENSATION

    2004 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


    Huffman: PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION, 7E

    Sensation

    Transduction: sensory receptors convert


    a physical energy into nerve impulses
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    Sensation vs. Perception


    Sensation
    The experience of sensory stimulation

    Perception
    The process of creating meaningful
    patterns from raw sensory information

    Senses
    Senses

    Other term

    Sense organs

    Sight

    Vision

    Eye

    Hearing

    Audition

    Ears

    Smell

    Olfaction

    Nose

    Taste

    Gustation

    Tongue

    Touch

    Somesthesia

    Skin

    Kinesthetic

    Movement

    Golgi tendon

    Balance

    Equilibrium/
    Vestibular

    Semi-circular
    canal

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    SENSE OF VISION
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    Huffman: PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION, 7E

    Structures of the Retina

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    Sensory Coding
    Activation of retinal
    cells by light results in
    action potentials that
    travel along neurons
    that project to the
    occipital cortex

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    SENSE OF AUDITION
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    Anatomy of the Ear

    (Sound Waves)

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    Huffman: PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION, 7E

    An Ear on the World

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    Huffman: PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION, 7E

    The Chemical Senses

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    Huffman: PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION, 7E

    Anatomy of the Nose

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    Smell

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    Odor

    Example

    Camphoric

    Mothballs

    Musky

    Perfume/Aftershave

    Roses

    Floral

    Pepperminty

    Mint Gum

    Etheral

    Dry Cleaning Fluid

    Pungent

    Vinegar

    Putrid

    Rotten Eggs

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    Taste: Savory Sensations


    Papillae: Knoblike elevations on the tongue,
    containing the taste buds (Singular: papilla).
    Taste buds: Nests of taste-receptor cells.

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    Taste
    Four basic tastes
    Sweet
    Salty
    Sour
    Bitter

    Recent discovery of fifth taste


    Umami

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    Senses of the Skin


    The skin senses include:
    Touch
    Warmth
    Cold
    Pain
    Various others (itch and tickle)

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    The Receptors of the Skin

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    Skin Receptors

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    The Environment Within


    Kinesthesis: The sense of body position
    and movement of body parts; also called
    kinesthesia.
    Equilibrium: The sense of balance.
    Semicircular Canals: Sense organs in
    the inner ear, which contribute to
    equilibrium by responding to rotation of
    the head.
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    The Golgi Tendon


    The Golgi tendon
    organs serve as
    mechano-stretch
    receptors and are
    located near the
    point of
    attachment of
    muscle fibers to
    tendons.

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    The Reflex Arc

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    The Vestibular Canal

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