...Three reasons I believing in the accuracy of sensory information are as followed. 1. Whenever you touch something hot or cold, the sense of touch and feelings detects it and sends a message to the brain, and in response you react and remove your hand from that hot or cold object that you have touched. 2. Your sense of sight helps you see and thus respond accordingly. When you see something dangerous you response by moving away from it and similarly when you see some vehicle coming your way, you wait to cross the busy street. 3. Sense of taste helps you to decide whether the food is eatable or not. Sensory organs in the tongue helps us to decide what we like and what we do not when it comes to tasting food. Three factors contributing to the accuracy of sensory data. 1. Your sense of touch is found all over your body. This is because your sense of touch originates in the bottom layer of your skin called the dermis. The dermis is filled with many tiny nerve endings which give you information about the things with which your body comes in contact. They do this by carrying the information to the spinal cord, which sends messages to the brain where the feeling are registered. The nerve endings in your skin can tell you if something is hot or cold. They can also feel if something is hurting you. Your body has about twenty different types of nerve endings that all send messages to your brain. However, the most common receptors are heat, cold, pain...
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...2. Identify and describe at least three (3) factors contributing to the accuracy of sensory data. The sensory data is our senses, namely hearing, seeing, smelling, touching, tasting, smelling, and feeling of motion, gravity and movement. “All this information from our senses is collected in the brain, then organized and used for all of our activities” (Kirby/Goodpaster, 2007), our senses do not operate effectively when we are drowsy, sick or tired. The world is not always what it seems on the surface and therefore our perception becomes misconstrued sometimes. We see this certain factors in life like sleep deprivation, sickness, and when we are exhausted. This skew the accuracy of our sensory perceptions temporarily, but in many cases they are accurate and the information provided us by senses is important in grounding our thinking. There are also other cases where what we think we see is not really what it is, “habits, interests, and biases, focuses and thus limits our perceptions.” (Kirby & Goodpaster, 2007, pg. 56.) There are many things that can cause an impact to the accuracy of sensory data. The three factors which can contribute to the accuracy of sensory data either positively or negatively are food, drugs and sleep. The first and the most important one is food. The human brain like other body parts needs energy in order to function properly in order to allow our senses to work well. Our brain serves as the seat of human consciousness...
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...KendricksJanuary 18, 2013Critical Thinking – PHI 210Professor R. Dean Davenport | [Sensory perceptions] | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Sensory Perceptions One reason in believing that sensory information can be accurate is by touching something hot or cold. Touching something hot or cold engages into a sense of feeling which sends a message to the brain. A person can remove that part of the body that’s touching the hot or cold item before they get burned or frost bitten. The next reason in believing that sensory information can be accurate is by using the sense of smell. This sense could save a person’s life in the case of a fire. If a person smells smoke that means a fire has occurred or something similar. The last reason that sensory information can be accurate is a person’s sight. If children are playing in the park you can actually see them. A person can look at the sky to see if it’s cloudy, sunny or humid. The sensory of sight is so most accurate because whatever a person see most of the time is right in front of them. Sensory data is the ability to automatically collect, categorize and analyze with other collected data related to our senses. (Sensory data, 2013) The accuracy of sensory data is a test that checks or confirms one’s senses which is highly accurate and...
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...Introduction: In this essay with the research that I have conducted I will provide three reason in the accuracy of sensory information. Also describing the three factors contributing to the accuracy of sensory data. Futhermore you will see the many roles in nature and nurture with regard to the interpretation and evaluation of sensory data. Active listening is a person’s ability and willingness to listen and understand. Often we people talk to each other. We might not listen at a time because lack of attentiveness, which can distract the speaker. In way active listening can be called as responding to another person that develops mutual understanding. Active listening is process in which the listener paraphrases in its own words what the speaker had said to confirm or clarify of accuracy of the message. “Active listening involves listening with your head and your heart; that is, you listen to the content of the message but also the feelings behind the message. The skill of active listening involves paying attention with empathy to the listener, as opposed to distracted denying, cynical or ostrich behavior. (Hogan, 2000) Children and adults with autism, as well as those with other developmental disabilities, may have a dysfunctional sensory system. Sometimes one or more senses are either over- or under-reactive to stimulation. Such sensory problems may be the underlying reason for such behaviors as rocking, spinning, and hand-flapping. Although the receptors for the senses...
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...Sensory Perceptions Patsy M. Mendoza Professor Dena Hurst Critical Thinking 210 April 18, 2013 Provide at least three reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information. Senses are reliable tools but at times they often fail to transmit accurate data to the brain. When a person is ill, drowsy, or exhausted the senses tend to be less efficient. For infants, sensing will usually occur before a thought but for adults, it occurs simultaneously while engaging in thoughts. Adults usually depend on their senses in almost everything they do from thinking before doing something to not thinking and doing things that come naturally to them. Perception comes between simple sensation and complex cognitive behavior (human nervous system, 2013). Perception is so automatic to individuals that they hardly realize that what they are seeing and hearing is only an interpretation (human nervous system, 2013). Three reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information is discernment, elucidation, and awareness. Discernment is the ability to judge well (The Free Dictionary, 2013). Discernment generates one’s experience of the world around them and allows them to respond inside his or her surroundings. Elucidation is a communication method intended to clarify or explain that serves to make the explanation clear (The Free Dictionary, 2013). Finally awareness; awareness is defined as having knowledge and cognitive response to a situation...
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...accuracy of sensory information: 1. when you touch something hot, your sense of feeling will send messages to your brain and you can remove your hand (or other part of your body) before you get burned .2. Your sense of smell can signal when there is danger. When you smell smoke, there is a fire, or at the very least something smoldering, so you can trust the accuracy of that sensory information. 3. The information provided by your sense of sight usually provides accurate information about the world around you. If you see two people talking, there is no doubt about them actually talking. If you see the sun during the day, you know it is not a cloudy day, etc. Reasons to believe sensory information can be inaccurate: Our past experiences can influence our perception of sensory information. For example, when you see a girl and guy talking, there is no doubt that they are talking, but if you are insecure in your relationship and the boy happens to be your boyfriend, you might jump to wrong conclusions. Though our sensory organs may be working fine, environmental influences may distort our interpretation of the data the organ is sending to us. For example, we could look down a street and not see anyone and think it is safe to walk down that street, but someone could be behind a tree or other object. We do not always interpret sensory data correctly no matter what sensory organ we are using. That is the most important reason we should be aware that we may not always rely on sensory information...
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...Sensory Perceptions Victoria Shelton Strayer University PHI 210 Joel Goldstein January 25, 2013 Sensory Perceptions Reasons for believing in the accuracy of sensory information What is sensory perception? Sensory perception is the events or occurrences in the environment a person takes in, processes and understands through their five senses. Three reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information is perception, interpretation, and knowledge. In the words of Jacques Barzun, “In ordinary speech the words perception and sensation tend to be used interchangeably, but the psychologist distinguishes. Sensations are the items of consciousness—a color, a weight, a texture—that we tend to think of as simple and single. Perceptions are complex affairs that embrace sensation together with other, associated or revived contents of the mind, including emotions (Barzun, 1907).” Perception is the organization, identification and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment (2003). This is as a result of organizing and interpreting information that is gained from our five senses which we use on a daily basis. Our senses can be helpful to us in many ways by providing our brains with the right information, or harmful by making our minds play tricks on us. The accuracy of this information that is taken in varies because of many different reasons. Sensory information is gained as first-hand information...
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...SENSORY PERCEPTIONS PHILOSOPHY 21O: CRITICAL THINKING Instructor: Dr. Keith Langner Strayer University By Rayshawn J. 7/13/2013 Can we really trust our senses and the interpretation of sensory data to give us an accurate view of the world? It’s a topic that remains open for debate. In order to come up with an answer I will need to take a closer look into the accuracy and weaknesses of the human senses as they pertain to thinking in general and to my own thinking in particular. There are several reasons for believing in the accuracy of sensory information, which I will disclose with you. Also, I shall identify and describe at least three factors that contribute to the accuracy of sensory data. It will also be important to discuss the roles of nature and nurture in regards to the interpretation and evaluation of sensory data. Accomplishing all of this will offer a more definitive view about our human senses, and if our interpretation of sensory data really allows a true view of the world. One of the main reasons for believing in the accuracy of our sensory information is because of how powerful our senses are. “Our senses act like lenses, amplifiers, particle detectors, and pressure and heat gauges” (Kirby & Goodpaster, 2007). Through our sense of sight, we have the ability to detect light as far as twenty miles away. We’re also able to distinguish a specific color out of millions of other colors. Our sense of smell is very acute as well. It’s...
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...Assignment 1: Sensory Perceptions Name PHI 210219VA013-114-001: Critical Thinking Professor: Professor name., Ph.D Strayer University January 28, 2014 1. Provide at least three (3) reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information. Sensory perception can be defined as receipt through the power of physical awareness, hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, touching, and comprehensible upon transfer to reason. I believe in the accuracy of sensory information but our sensory perception can be misleading. Sensory perception is a part of our daily life and everyone approaches and perceives things differently. This old phrase or saying has been stated for centuries, "we can't always believe what we see." This falls into the first cause which is an interpretation. Everyone interpret things differently, even though we could be watching, feeling, and hearing, the same event or occurrence. This leads right into my second point which is sight perception. The senses of sight teach the mind to see everything that is visual directly in front of us and to detect movement in our peripheral vision. With that being said, we have taught ourselves that what is recognize as one thing may not be identified as the same thing by another person. One of the most notable disagreements would be colors. Due to the fact that there are so many different...
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...SENSORY PERCEPTIONS Barbara Jerry Critical Thinking January 20, 2013 Reality under normal circumstances is something that can be easily comprehended and understood by everyone; however, that is not always how it plays out. Our interpretations of what our senses reveal appear to be true in our individual realms of existence. Oftentimes, people believe what they are told, what they feel or what they believe by faith but never fully experiencing the actual event or episode. Sometimes we live in a reality that has been manufactured by someone else and we accept it as truth. Recently reported in the news media, we were all duped (myself included) into believing the untrue reality of the once highly accomplished but now disgraced Tour de France cyclist, Lance Armstrong. We all road along with him on those championship runs, felt his anguish and pain at being accused of taking performance enhancement drugs as well as blood doping; we defended and support his denials and prayed for him to overcome his cancer. It was shocking to learn the real truth, that Lance’s reality and our perception of him was in fact a hurtful lie to so many and it was deceitful to the extreme. Inaccuracy of Sensory Data At times our senses are accurate in terms of delivery but things are not always as they seem. When our senses are in good working order, they are reliable tools. But at times they often fail to transmit accurate data to the brain particularly when we are ill, drowsy, exhausted...
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...Week 2 Assignment 1 Submission . If you are using the Blackboard Mobile Learn IOS App, please click "View in Browser." Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Click the link above to submit your assignment. Assignment 1: "Sensory Perceptions" Can you really trust your senses and the interpretation of sensory data to give you an accurate view of the world? Describe and discuss the accuracy and the weaknesses of the human senses as they pertain to thinking in general and to your own thinking in particular. Write a two to three (2–3) page (approximately 500–750 word) paper that addresses the following: 1.Provide at least three (3) reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information. 2.Identify and describe at least three (3) factors contributing to the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory data. 3.Discuss the roles of “nature” and “nurture” with regard to the interpretation and evaluation of sensory data. 4.Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Your textbook may count as one (1) source. At least one (1) of your sources must be obtained from the collection of databases accessible from the Learning Resources Center Web page. The format of the paper is to be as follows: •Typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format. •In addition to the two to three (2–3)...
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...proportionate with the lengthening of their legs and arms. They start to obtain fine motor skills. The newfound skills enable them to grip a pencil in a more functional way. This is a good time to provide them with puzzles and blocks, as well as to supervise them while they use paper and scissors as objects (Stern 245). Although it is normal for boys than girls to be more physically active, they will acquire more control over their motor skills allowing for the advancement of new activities such as swinging, jumping, running, and climbing. Children will start to change themselves away from taking a daily nap, but it is vital to give periods to rest. Cognitive development According to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development; the first being the sensory motor stage, It is considered to extend from birth to the age of two years. The development of reflexes, motor abilities as well as senses is rapid. Throughout the initial development stages, infants only perceive and interact with their immediate surrounding through their actions and observations. The preoperational stage stretches from the age of two to seven where the child is not yet able to think logically. With the acquisition of language, the child can express to the world via mental images and symbols. The third stage is the concrete operational stage that extends from ages 7 to 11, and it is throughout this limelight that a child can successively operate mentally. Mental operations are internal actions that allow children to think...
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...STUDIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERCEPTUAL ABILITIES Are we born with ability (nature, bottom up, nativist) or is it acquired through experience (nurture, top down, empiricist). Can look at infants abilities and /or people living in different environments to try and answer this. GENERAL AO2 limitations Infant studies. (Neonate) Abilities not present at birth not necessarily learned – may require later development. Some may actually get experience in the womb i.e. not innate even if present at birth. Assessment very difficult – e.g. motor skills and acuity – acuity 10-30 times poorer than for adult therefore difficult to assess e.g. depth perception Techniques may not be reliable- may respond to inadvertant cues from experimenter – experimenter bias (cannot ask them) Methods used • Habituation • Sucking rate • Preferential looking • Conditioning • Heart and breathing rate • PET scans Infant studies AO1 Gibson and walk visual cliff – used infants 6 – 14 months old –most refused to cross onto deep side even when enticed by parents – suggests innate ability AO2 Infants 6+months so could have learnt –when done on new born mobile animals – they wouldn’t cross – but animals not humans. Compos – babies placed on both sides heart rate measured. On deep side decreased in very young suggesting they could perceive depth i.e. an innate ability, but not worried, older infants heart rate increased suggests not only perceive depth but understand...
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...exploresign injoin now flag Explore »Education and Science (65,836) »Psychology and Psychiatry (3,569) by shazwellyn 1,094 Followers Psychology 101, What Are The Historical Perspectives In Psychology? In this Psychology 101 article, we ask what are the historical perspectives in psychology? Now, this question provokes a thesis on its own, but here we evaluate specific times of extraordinary turning points leading to where we are today. We are all psychologists in our own right. We have the innate ability to draw conclusions by watching the behaviours of others. So, where, whom and what legitimizes psychology as a science and how did we arrive there? It is through history, that we have built and drawn from our own evaluations as a species. So, what is psychology? Psychology Definition As this is a psychology 101 based article, as always, we will start by providing a ‘working definition’ of psychology as a term: ‘Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour of humans and animals.’ Psychologists concentrate on what is observable and measurable in a person’s behaviour. This includes the biological processes in the body, although, the mind is central to the subject. ψ - This is the Greek letter pronounced as 'Sigh' and spelled as 'Psi'. It is now used as the International symbol of Psychology. Psychologists think it is important to be scientific in their study. This is to avoid confused thinking. What Is Psychology? We have covered...
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...Cognition and Development Piaget’s Theory Piaget’s Theory: The mechanisms of cognitive development – * Piaget believed that cognitive development was a result of two influences: maturation and the environment * Maturation refers to the effects of ageing * As children get older, certain mental operations become possible and at the same time, through interactions with the environment, their understanding of the world becomes more complex * Schema: * Self-constructed mental structures that can be behavioural (grasping an object) or cognitive (classifying objects) * Rather like individual computer programmes, schema are programmes that people construct for dealing with the world * When a child is born, it has few schema, but these are developed over time as a consequence of the child’s interaction with its environment * Assimilation: * A child initially tries to understand any form of new information in terms of their existing knowledge about the world * A baby who is given a new toy car to play with may grasp or suck that toy in the same way that they grasp and suck a rattle * Assimilation occurs when an existing schema (sucking) is used on a new object (car toy) * Assimilation therefore, involves the incorporation of new information into an existing schema * Accommodation: * This occurs when a child adapts existing schema in order to understand new information that doesn’t appear to fit * Learning to drive a manual car involves...
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