SENSATION

AND
PERCEPTION

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
INSTRUCTOR: MS. INA JOY REYSOMA

GROUP V
JONAS FAMINDALAN , FERESTH CELESTE DOLEDO , MA. CHRISTINA
FENITA , KATHERINE JOY EIMAR
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.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION?
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION WORK SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER TO ALLOW US TO DETECT BOTH THE PRESENCE OF, AND CHANGES IN, THE STIMULI
AROUND US.

THE STUDY OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION IS EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR EVERYDAY LIVES BECAUSE THE KNOWLEDGE GENERATED BY
PSYCHOLOGISTS IS USED IN SO MANY WAYS TO HELP SO MANY PEOPLE.
WE USE SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND
US. WITHOUT OUR SENSES, AND THE
WAY WE UNDERSTAND THOSE SENSES
(PERCEPTION), WE WOULD BE UNABLE
TO INTERACT WITH THE WORLD.
THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF PERCEPTION
THE TYPES OF PERCEPTION ARE OFTEN SEPARATED BY
THE DIFFERENT SENSES.

• This includes;
• Visual perception, scent perception, touch perception, sound perception, and
taste perception.
• We perceive our environment using each of these, often simultaneously.
• Visual Perception- the ability to perceive our surroundings through the light
that enters our eyes.
EXAMPLE OF SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

Upon walking into a kitchen and smelling the scent of

baking cinnamon rolls, the sensation is the scent receptors
detecting the odor of cinnamon, but the perception may be
“Mmm, this smells like the bread Grandma used to bake
when the family gathered for holidays .”
WHAT IS LEARNED IN SENSATION
AND PERCEPTION?

• In general, the study of sensation and perception in

psychology focuses on learning how our eyes, ears and
other sense organs detect stimuli from the world
around us and transfer these stimuli into signals that
the brain can understand and process.