SENSATION 4
Running head: SENSATION 1
Sensation
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Introduction
Sensation is defined as the inactive process of bringing information from the outside environment into the brain. Consciousness involves the five ordinary senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Sensation arises when someone observes events from the outside stimuli and make the conclusions and translations in his mindset. This essay will concentrate with the sense of taste which will also help in evaluating the major psychological concepts, theories, and perceptions and how the identified psychological concepts can be applied to personal, social and organizational problems.
Research Questions
How could someone live without the sense of taste and would that be possible?
Why will the sense of sight be the most traumatic if someone loses?
Research Discussion
More than 250,000 people in the US are developing taste disorders, which may have adverse effects on the health and quality of life of an individual. It could generally be difficult to live without the sense of taste since the tongue is vital organ in detecting if foods or liquids are spoilt and can create serious health concerns as according to a research done it can be a risk factor of other diseases like “diabetes, stroke and heart disease” (Myers, et al, 2016). When people lose the sense of taste, this results from them into changing their diet, where some may too little and subsequently lose weight while others may overeat and gain a lot of weight. Hence it is possible to live without the sense of taste. Sight is the most challenging sense if I lose and it is because the thought of view affects other feelings as well since someone cannot do activities on his or her own and as well they cannot go to places without getting assistance. It can affect the psychological aspects of individuals who lose this sight all of a sudden.
There are three main psychological perspectives which include: “Biological, Cognitive and Humanistic.” The first perspective deals with the deeds, feelings and can also affect the senses or thoughts of individuals. For example, the secretion of a hormone called serotonin which makes a person feel happy. This perspective deals with genetics and how it will determine an individual’s behavior. The second perspective concentrates on the “qualitative” research techniques such as observation and narrows it down to self-realization to explain the psychology of a person. This concept considers that “methodical tests” a low environmental cogency, which means the actions observed does not genuinely reflect the behavior is happening in the external stimuli (Myers, et al, 2016). The third perspective concentrates on how the memory and senses are affected he psychological thinking of an individual. It was developed in the ’50s by scientists who wanted to find out how memory affects the psychological status of an individual. Cognitive psychology is concerned with the mental functions of an individual including reminiscence, awareness, and attention. The scientists in this field propose that cognitive psychology has three stages: receiving the intended information (Encoding), preserving of information (storage) and recalling of information when trying to remember something (retrieval). It also helps in developing problem-solving and discerning skills in an individual. Cognitive psychology helps in determining how someone can be attentive or keen to details to help him, or she provide constructive feedback.
Conclusion
In conclusion, no one can live without one of the five senses working since they all work together and no sense can occur alone. When someone has taste disorders, it increases the likelihood of an individual to get serious diseases. Sensation is significant when assessing the psychological status of an individual.
References
Myers, D. G. & DeWall, C. N. (2016). Exploring Psychology (10th ed.). New York: Worth
Publishers.