UNIT 3 - Ch. 27 Sensation, Perception, Response

Question 1

Define Sensory Perception

Answer 1

The ability to receive and interpret (recognize) sensory impressions through sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing.

Question 2

What is the purpose of sensation?

Answer 2

To allow the body to respond to changing situations and maintain homeostasis

Question 3

Define reception

Answer 3

The process of receiving stimuli from nerve endings in the skin

Question 4

What is a receptor?

Answer 4

It converts a stimulis to nerve impulse and transmits the impulse along sensory neurons in the central nervous system

Question 5

What do thermal receptors in the skin find?

Answer 5

Changes in the skin’s temperature

Question 6

What do photoreceptors in the eye detect?

Answer 6

Visible light

Question 7

What is sensory deprivation?

Answer 7

Someone who is without sensory function for a long period of time

Question 8

Define sensory overload

Answer 8

Stimuli such as pain, sounds, odor, sights, and routines overwhelms the pt’s senses