Giving the meaning to sensation on the basis of past experience is called
- AOption (a)
sensation
- BOption (b)
perception
- COption (c)
motivation
- DOption (d)
imagination
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Correct answer
perception
Why this answer is correct
Perception is the process through which we interpret and organize the received information so as to produce our conscious experience of objects and their relationship.
- We feel something in sensation when the stimulus is present and when the meaning is added to them it becomes perception.
- In this process, physical energy; such as light, sound waves, heat; emanating from objects is transformed by the concerned sense organs into a code and transferred to and interpreted by the brain.
- The line between the two terms sensation and perception, therefore, is somewhat arbitrary.
- The sensation typically refers to the direct reception and transmission of messages, whereas perception refers to the active process of integrating and organizing these sensations.
| Sensation | The initial contact between organisms and their physical Sensation and Perception environment constructing knowledge out of raw materials is known as sensation. |
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| Imagination | Imagination is a primary creative act, a willed activity of spirit, a self-consciousness, a "self-realizing intuition. |
| Motivation | Motivation is the way in which urges, desires, aspirations, and strivings or needs direct, control, or explain the behavior of human beings. |
Hence, we conclude that giving the meaning to sensation on the basis of past experience is called Perception.

