A Self-Study Guide to General
Psychology
(General Psychology /
Introduction To Psychology)
IV. Sensation
A. Define Sensation.
B. Describe the Process of Seeing. Know the following:
1. Sense of Vision
2. Sense Organ for Vision
3. True Receptors for
Vision
C. Describe the Process of Hearing. Know the following:
1. Audition
2. Sense Organ for Hearing
3. True Receptors for Hearing
D. Describe the Other Senses. Know
the following:
1. Gustation
1.1. Sense Organ
for Taste
1.2. Primary Taste Qualities
1.3. True Receptors for Taste
2. Olfaction
2.1. Sense Organ for Smelling
2.2. Primary Odor Qualities
2.3. True Receptors for Smelling
3. Cutaneous or Skin Sensation
3.1. Sense Organ for Touch
3.2. Four Main Touch Stimuli
3.3. Various True Receptors for Touch
4. Sense of Movement
4.1. Sense of Active Movement or
Kinesthetic Sensation
4.2. Sense of Passive Movement or
Vestibular Sensation
4.3. Sense of Internal Bodily Movement of
Organic Sensation
