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What Is Sensation? What Is Perception? Explain How the Human Being Processes an Environmental Stimulus That Passes Through the Nose and Tongue. What Are the Main Forms of Hearing Disorders and State How They Are Generally Treated.
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WHAT IS SENSATION? WHAT IS PERCEPTION? EXPLAIN HOW THE HUMAN BEING PROCESSES AN ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULUS THAT PASSES THROUGH THE NOSE AND TONGUE. WHAT ARE THE MAIN FORMS OF HEARING DISORDERS AND STATE HOW THEY ARE GENERALLY TREATED. Sensation refers to the process of obtaining sensory information through the stimulation of body parts or to the conscious feelings or sense impressions themselves. The latter definition is akin to that of perception. Sensations are classified as exteroceptive, interoceptive, and proprioceptive. Exteroceptive sensations provide information about the external environment and include the sensations of sight, hearing, taste, smell, temperature, pain, pressure, and touch. The exteroceptive sense organs are located on the exterior of the body and include the eyes, ears, tongue, nose, and the temperature, pain, pressure, and tough receptors of the skin. Interoceptive sensations provide information about the internal environment and include such sensations as pain, hunger, thirst, nausea, fatigue, and suffocation. The...
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