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In psychology lesson 3 has many interesting filled topics one of them being absolute threshold. The definition of absolute threshold is the weakest amount of a given stimulus that a person can detect half of the time. This is extremely interesting because it shows the capabilities of human beings and our senses tested to the max. The picture in lesson 3.2 shows all the five senses and the absolute threshold of a human. The most interesting representation is sight due humans being able to see a candle flames 30 miles away on a night in idle conditions. The second most intrigued sense would be smell due to humans being able to smell one drop of perfume in a three room house. The third most fascinating example is taste due to humans being able to taste one teaspoon in two gallons of sugars. This is important information to know as a result of letting people know the limits of our senses and that us humans aren’t using our senses to our best potential. …show more content…

Perception is the the process of organizing and understanding of the information, making us able to recognize meaningful objects and events. Our brain is able to make meaning of things through perception which organizes different shapes into a meaningful pattern. Perception isn’t on its own it works with our sensations to to detect different shapes. Our brains are able to concentrate on a certain object and make it stand out through everything else. This process is called figure ground relationship. This phenomenon happens with our other senses to like being able to concentrate on one specific kind of taste in a food that has many flavors. Overall in this lesson and the three topics mentioned above we learn about the process of the human body and the capabilities of the human brain and sense which is quite spectacular and is important to have an understanding of the psychology of the human mind and

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