Write a 2 page essay on Sensation and Perception.The meaning-development process of a person entails the automatic functions of the wide array of perceptual functionalities. Among these is sensory int

Write a 2 page essay on Sensation and Perception.

The meaning-development process of a person entails the automatic functions of the wide array of perceptual functionalities. Among these is sensory interaction, which refers to the cooperative work of the varied senses and sensory functions to formulate an experience for the individual (Crowe 134). One application of sensory interaction is the collection of processes involved, when the interpreted sensations of smell, taste and texture are integrated to formulate (perceive) the experience of flavor, which is experienced for different foods and drinks. Sensory interaction is also actualized, during the experience of watching a movie, where the individual combines the sensory data collected by the ears, the eyes and the sensations triggered in their mind and body, which leads to an interpretation of the ways in which the music and the images work in harmony (Crowe 134).

Selective attention refers to an individual’s ability to focus on some incoming sensory signals, while at the same time closing out on others (Golstein 351). Selective attention allows a person watching a football match, to avoid taking in the visual data of the actions of the audience outside the field, irrespective of the fact that the different messages are coming in simultaneously (Golstein 351). In the case of selective attention, sensation, which is the process through which the human sensory systems and the nervous system receives and presents stimulus from incoming data channels conscious awareness to the data, which is filtered in. As a result, the perception, which is the organization and interpretation of sensory information, focuses on the data which is filtered in, therefore making meaning of events and objects for the individual to remain consciously aware of, and not aware of other experiences (Golstein 351).

Sensory adaptation refers to the case where the sensory receptors of an individual vary their sensitivity to the stimulus being received (Nevid 94). The