Human Growth and Development / Unit 18 HGD 2571 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Sensation and Perception
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The idea
Perceptual development begins with a distinction from unit three: sensation is detecting a stimulus through the senses; perception is interpreting it, entry 0336.
In practice
A newborn hearing a voice, sensation, and turning toward it as familiar, perception.
Where people slip
Perceptual change runs across the whole lifespan, from the newborn's first weeks to late-life hearing loss.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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