Perceptual Process

Experimental psychology
Perceptual process
Submitted to: Ma’am Attia Farooq
Submiited by: Hafsa Waseem
Aafia Akram
Uswa Farooq
Perception
Perception is the sensory experience of the
world. It involves both recognizing
environmental stimuli and actions in response to
these stimuli.
Through the perceptual process, we gain
information about the properties and elements of
the environment that are critical to our survival.
Perception not only creates our experience of
the world around us; it allows us to act within
our environment.
Types of perception
Some of the main types of

perception include:
Visual perception
Haptic perception
Auditory perception
Gustatory perception
Olfactory perception
Visual perception
 Visual perception is the ability to

perceive our surroundings through the
light that enters our eyes.
 Visual perception is necessary for reading, writing, and
movement. Without it, children may find daily tasks
such as completing homework, solving puzzles, or
getting dressed extremely stressful.
Haptic perception
 Haptic perception means literally the ability "to grasp
something". Perception in this case is achieved through
the active exploration of surfaces and objects by a
moving subject.
 It is a form of nonverbal communication and the way by
which people communicate via touching.
 The haptic information enables us to recognize objects
quickly and accurately without having to look at them.
We can even efficiently extract information about
multiple objects simultaneously held in our hand. For
instance, the number of objects can be determined
quickly and accurately.
Auditory perception
 Auditory perception could be

defined as the ability to receive and
interpret information that reached the ears through
audible frequency waves transmitted through the air or
other means.
 These skills are absolutely crucial for the development
of speech, phonological awareness and, ultimately,
reading.
Gustatory perception
 the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue

and throat convey information about the chemical
composition of a soluble stimulus.
 Gustation is one of our body's senses that we use to
discern information from our environment. The
gustatory system is used for taste discrimination, which
tells the difference between foods using the taste
receptors located on our tongues.
Olfactory perception
 Olfactory perception is sense

of smell.
 Olfactory Perception is a process that starts in the nose
with the stimulation of olfactory sensory neurons and
terminates in higher cerebral centers which, when
activated, make us consciously aware of an odor.
 The sense of smell has many functions, including
detecting desirable foods, hazards, and pheromones, and
plays a role in taste.
Stimulation
 When you’re stimulated,

something comes to your
attention. The five senses stimulate people.
 Your eyes are the most common receptors for
stimulation, but tasting a delicious meal or smelling a
fragrant flower could be equally stimulating.
 Stimuli is something that proves response or influence
behavior. In the entire day from waking up to sleeping
back at night you come across a variety of stimuli.
Organization
 Your body spreads large amounts

of information throughout the body.
 Your brain recognizes familiar ideas and concepts and
connects them with past experiences. This allows your
brain to understand what is happening.
 They help us arrange ideas in our minds with the help of
patterns. Patterns help us group our ideas so that we can
interpret them.
Interpretation
 When your body recognizes events

and features, you apply your own
Experiences and biases. You evaluate your own
experience and relate it to your past, values and beliefs.
This helps you determine how to react to situations in
front of you. When we interpret information, we give it
meaning.
 Interpretation is subjective. This means that each
person can have a different opinion or understanding of
the same stimulus.
Memory
 When your body stores

events and moments in your brain,
they become part of your memory. You will build
associations between these moments and your personal
beliefs and experiences. Memories can relate to good or
bad experiences. You may not even realize you have a
memory stored until another stimuli reminds you of
something that happened.
 Your body stores not only the specific stimuli you
experienced, but also your feelings about them.
Recall
 You can even recall moments from your
life to evaluate them. When you do this,
you bring a perceived event to your mind
to retrieve details. When you recall
moments often, you can begin to do so
more accurately. You may also realize that
over time, the memories you are able to
recall change. Your recall may even change
some elements of the memory.
Perception ultimately helps people of different
experiences assign meaning to information and
events in their lives. Each person also perceives
events differently from others. This makes
perception subjective.
Tips
There are some things that you can do that might help you
perceive more in the world around you.
 Pay attention
 Make meaning of what you perceive
 Take action
Disorders
Some disorders that may affect perception include:
 Spatial neglect syndromes, which involve not attending
to stimuli on one side of the body
 Prosopagnosia, a disorder that makes it difficult to
recognize faces
 Aphantasia, a condition characterized by an inability to
visualize things in your mind
 Schizophrenia, which is marked by abnormal
perceptions of reality.
 Some of these conditions may be influenced by genetics
while others result from stroke or brain injury.

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Experimental psychology

Some of the main types of

 Visual perception is the ability to

 Auditory perception could be

 the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue

 Olfactory perception is sense

 When you’re stimulated,

 Your body spreads large amounts

 When your body recognizes events

 When your body stores

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