Aristotle in AP Psychology

Definition

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who believed that sensation is the process by which information from the outside world enters our sensory receptors and is transmitted to our brain. He proposed that our senses allow us to perceive and understand the world around us.

Related terms

Perception:

The process by which we interpret and make sense of sensory information received from our environment.

Empiricism: The philosophical theory that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience and observation.

Sensory Receptors: Specialized cells in our body that detect specific types of stimuli (e.g., light, sound, pressure) and convert them into neural signals.