Unit 2- Review

 Our sensory receptors provide us information about the physical environment around
us. This process is known as sensation.
 Each person perceives the given input in different ways. The process by which the
brain selects, organizes and interprets these sensations is known as perception.
 The lowest intensity at which a stimulus can be detected is defined as the absolute
threshold.
 A receptor is any specialized cell or structure that responds to sensory stimuli.
 The vestibular system contributes to balance and orientation in space.
 The sensations related to the physical condition of the body is known as interception.
 Sensory adaptation is the process in which changes in the sensitivity if sensory
receptors occur in relation to the stimulus.
 Sensory Integration is the neurological process that organizes sensation from one’s
own body and from the environment and makes it possible to use the body effectively
with the environment.
 Perception is the process by which sensory information is organized, interpreted and
consciously experienced by sensory receptors.
 When perception is built from sensory input it is known as bottom-up processing.
 When our knowledge, experiences and our thoughts influence our sensations, it is
known as top-down processing.
 The gestalt laws of perceptual organization are:
1. Law of Similiarity
2. Law of Pragnaz
3. Law of Proximity
 Illusion- A process involving an interaction of logical and empirical considerations.
 Types of Illusion:
1. Auditory
2. Tactile
3. Phantom Limb syndrome
4. Synaesthesia
 Extrasensory Perception is the supposed ability of certain individuals to obtain
information about the environment without the use of normal sensory channels.
 Birth memories contain wisdom, compassion, analytical thinking, perspective, values
and other precocious manifestations of higher consciousness.