Recognizing Environmental Stimuli Through the Five Senses
Perception refers to our sensory experience of the world.
Through the perception process, we are able to both identify and respond to environmental stimuli.
Perception includes the five senses: touch, sight, sound,smell, andtaste.
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Many stimuli surround us at any given moment.
Types of Perception
The different senses often separate the types of perception.
These include visual, scent, touch, sound, and taste perception.
We perceive our environment using each of these, often simultaneously.
We use perception incommunicationto identify how our loved ones may feel.
We use perception in behavior to decide what we think about individuals and groups.
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This varies somewhat for every sense.
All of these help make up yourconscious experienceand allow you to interact with the people and objects around you.
Perception can also be affected by our personality.
If you perceive your spouse to be loving and caring, you may show similar traits in return.
Are Perception and Attitude the Same?
While they are similar, perception and attitude are two different things.
One is having a disorder that impacts perception.
Perceptual disorders are cognitive conditions marked by an impaired ability to perceive objects or concepts.
Certain factors can also negatively affect perception.
As time progresses, researchers continue to investigate perception on the neural level.
They also look at how injury, conditions, and substances might affect perception.
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