This book was created by the students of PSY 3031: Sensation and Perception, as a class project, because there is no existing open-source textbook for S&P. Content is, for the most …

Sensation is often considered to involve all those processes that are necessary for the basic detection that something exists in the world. For example, a sensory process might be …

• Weber’s law: A principle of sensation that holds the size of the just noticeable difference (jnd) will vary depending on its relation to the strength of the original stimulus.

Identify the various skin senses and explain the gate-control theory of pain. Describe the functions of the kinesthetic and vestibular sense, and explain how they work. Describe the roles of …

As a respected educator and author, Goldstein brings a wealth of knowledge to his writings, including the widely used textbook "Sensation and Perception," which has become a vital …

We begin by learning the distinction between sensation and perception. Then we consider the physical properties of light and sound stimuli, along with an overview of the basic structure and …

Sensation refers to the registering of a physical stimulus on our sensory receptors. That is, sensation is the earliest stage of a process that starts off in the eyes, ears, or skin and ends in …