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One of the games the Product Development team is proposing has to do with sensation and perception in preschool learning. They are running experiments which they plan to adapt in their education games and toys.

Describe a specific example of a sense and describe how it can be perceived in different ways. In your response, explain the systems that receive the sensory information.

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This solution describes one of the five senses, and then describes how it can be perceived in different ways. In this solution, it also explains the systems that receive the sensory information.

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1. Describe a specific example of a sense and describe how it can be perceived in different ways. In your response, explain the systems that receive the sensory information.
Difference between Sensation and Perception...
We make contact with the world around us through our five primary senses — sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. Psychologists distinguish between sensation and perception. Sensation is the pickup of information by our sensory receptors, for example the eyes, ears, skin, nostrils, and tongue.
Explain how the systems receive sensory information...
In vision, sensation occurs as rays of light are collected by the two eyes and focused on the retina. In hearing, sensation occurs as waves of pulsating air are collected by the outer ear and transmitted through the bones of the middle ear to the cochlear nerve. Perception is the interpretation of what is sensed. The physical events transmitted to the retina may be interpreted as a particular color, pattern, or shape. The physical events picked up by the ear may be interpreted as musical sounds, a human voice, noise, and so forth. http://www.audiblox2000.com/learning_disabilities/sensation.htm

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