Word count - 1,443 Visual sensation and visual perception enable us to receive information from the world around us and convert the gathered information into a form that provides meaning and understanding. Both sensation and perception are vital in forming an understanding of the world around us, combined they create the Complete Perceptual Experience (CPE). The process of visual sensation begins with reception. Reception is the detection of a stimuli (light) onto receptor cells in the …showed first 75 words of 1460 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1460 total…perception is totally accurate, as proved by the use of illusions. Visual perception principles such as size and shape constancy are often applied inaccurately due to psychological factors that an individual has no control over. This is why perception differs from person to person making no visual experience exactly the same, yet enabling us to interact successfully with our environment. References Grivas , J. Down , R. Carter, L. (1996) Psychology - VCE Units 3 & 4, Melbourne: MacMillian Education Australia