Sensation

toc = Definition: = The process through which the senses pick up visual, auditory, and other sensory stimuli and transmit them to the brain. Gen Psych, CH 2, pp. 71

= Examples: = There are the routine 5: touch, scent, sight, taste, and hearing. There are also sensations such as pain that are 'internal,' even though they may be stimulated by an outside force. The kinesthetic sensation allows the body to know where it's parts are and what they're doing. This is also an internal sensation. The vestibular sense is what is used to maintain balance, and to recognize acceleration and direction. Some examples of external sensations are temperature and vibration.



= Analogies: = Emotion: Mental State Response: Answer, Reaction. Sense: Feeling of animate being

= Mnemonics: = (Emotion,Response,Sense)
 * E**veryone
 * R**eveals
 * S**omething

S piders E longate N arcissistic S upports A fter T rees I nsult O stentatious N ations

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