Question

define the following terms in your own words: Reception, Perception, Visual, Auditory, Olfactory, Gustatory, Tactile, Stereognosis, Kinesthesia, and Proprioception

Answer 1

reception - the action of receiving something. ( it would be receiving some data through communication)

perception-perception is subjective, it is the ability to see, listen or receiving something by using our senses. it is different from person to person.

visual- one of the important sense in the human body, which one can see using their eyes

auditory- the sense organ is ear, which helps to hear sounds within a certain frequency

olfactory-nose helps to smell

gustatory-related to taste, the taste buds on tongue helps to differentiate the taste

tactile- something perceived by touch and skin is the sense organ

stereognosis - a person can identify or recognize an object simply by touch, not with the help of visual or auditory sense.

kinesthesia - like moving in space, it has a sensation of movement in muscles, tendons and joints.

proprioception - an unconscious perception of movement arising from stimuli within the body itself. or a sense of stimuli produced within the organism.