Question

how do the senses work together to give us the experiences we perceive in the world around us? 100words

Although Jan appears to be underweight, she is afraid of becoming fat and consistently restricts her food intake. Although Gene appears to be overweight, he enjoys eating and always eats as much as he wants. Explain how their different reactions to food might result from (a) differences in their inner bodily states and(b) differences in their reactions to external incentives.

Answer 1

• Humans possess powerful sensory capacities that allow us to sense the kaleidoscope of sights, sounds, smells, and tastes that surround us. Our eyes detect light energy and our ears pick up sound waves. Our skin senses touch, pressure, hot, and cold. Our tongues react to the molecules of the foods we eat, and our noses detect scents in the air. The human perceptual system is wired for accuracy, and people are exceedingly good at making use of the wide variety of information available to them
• Sensation occurs in the following way:sensory organs absorb energy from a physical stimulus in the environment.;sensory receptors convert this energy into neural impulses and send them to the brain.
• Perception occurs in the following way:the brain organizes the information and translates it into something meaningful.
• The senses usually work together to give us a clear picture of the things around us. If one sense is not working due to an accident or illness, then other senses will take over or become stronger to make up for the missing sense.
• Our sense of taste comes from the taste buds on our tongue. These buds are also called papillae. But, the sense of smell also affects our taste.
• Perception is based on the interpretation of signals sent to the brain by the five senses. Each sense -- touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing -- affects how we react to the world and how we interpret events around us. The senses can alter a memory; if someone meets a person at the same time as experiencing a bad smell, it is likely that those memories will join together and each will associate with the other.
• Jan and Gene may have set points and basal metabolic rate. In this case it seems that Gene has a much higher set point than Jan and higher basal metabolic rate than Jan as well, his body is in homeostasis at an extreme weight as opposed to Jan's lower one. He is able to eat as much as he wants and not change weight because his basal metabolic rate is high and his body is able to metabolize the food he eats while Jan may notice that to maintain her set point she needs to cut back on foods because her body is unable to metabolize that much.
• As for the external differences in Jan and Gene the social -cultural influence on Jan to fit in through maintaining a slim body is much stronger than on Gene. Jan may also suffer from neophobia which would inhibit her from trying new foods that would increase her body weight and Gene may be subject to more food variety that stimulates his eating habits.