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Difference Between Sensation and Preception

The document compares sensation and perception. Sensation is the basic process of receiving sensory information from external stimuli through the senses. Perception is the higher-level process of interpreting sensory information and deriving meaning, influenced by existing knowledge and experience. Key differences are that sensation involves raw sensory input while perception involves cognitive processing; sensation is a biological process and perception is more psychological.

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Difference Between Sensation and Preception

The document compares sensation and perception. Sensation is the basic process of receiving sensory information from external stimuli through the senses. Perception is the higher-level process of interpreting sensory information and deriving meaning, influenced by existing knowledge and experience. Key differences are that sensation involves raw sensory input while perception involves cognitive processing; sensation is a biological process and perception is more psychological.

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Difference between

Sensation and
Preception
What is sensation ?
     In psychology, sensation and perception are stages of
processing of the senses in human and animal systems, such
as vision, auditory, vestibular, and pain senses. Included in this
topic is the study of illusions such as motion aftereffect, color
constancy, auditory illusions, and etc.

What is perception ?
Perception includes the five senses, touch, sight, sound, smell,
and taste. It also includes what is known as proprioception, a set
of senses involving the ability to detect changes in body
positions and movements. It also involves the cognitive
processes required to process information, such as recognizing
the face of a friend or detecting a familiar scent
The differences are as followes :
Sensation  Perception 

The process of receiving The process of interpreting the


information through your information received by the
senses, which can be sensation process.
interpreted by your brain.

The source is the stimuli The source is the information


received by your senses.  sent to the brain through
sensation.

Sensation results in raw Perception results in meaning


information from your of that information. 
senses. 

Sensation is a general Perception  is a more


biological process psychological process because
information that is already
stored within your brain affects
the outcome.  
Sensation  Preception 

Sensation is a normal, Perception is a complex and


simplest , initial mental developed mental activity 
process.

It begins with a stimulus. It begins with some object/ fringe


of meaning 

It is based on external stimuli, It is associated with internal mental


conditions. conditions 

There is passivity in There is activity in perception 


sensation. 

The basis of sensation is The processes of perception linked


mental analysis. with actual life experience. 
Thanks for your time.

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