PSY100Y5 Study Guide - Absolute Threshold, Color Blindness, Peripheral Vision

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Sensation is the stimulation of sense organs, all things we feel. (ie. touching, smell, etc. Perception is the selection, organization and interpretation of sensory input. It is selecting only the important information because we cannot handle all the information (it is subconscious). You pay attention to things based on our experiences and we change it every time we have a new sensation and experience. You don"t pay attention to things that have never been shown to be important (such as movement in the lecture hall). One thing that happens can alter your perception forever. (ie. getting beaten up and then never feeling safe again when you are on a walk). Nothing is as it is, it"s only how you see it . Perception is unquantifiable it"s subjective, unique and we do not know whether others see things the same way we do (ie. colours) Perception is influenced by culture, experience, genetics, etc.