Sensory defensiveness

Personal distance is a concept associated with proxemics. Personal distance has both a close phase and a far phase, but this paper will be focusing on the close phase. Personal distance is defined as the consistent space between two communicators, having no physical contact with each other (Hall, 1966). Edward Hall (1966) states, “It might be thought of as a small protective sphere or bubble that an organism maintains between itself and others” (p. 119). Hall (1966) claimed that the proxemics…

Was does it mean to be real? It wasn’t until I finished the final draft of Poison Lip Gloss that it struck me how often I write about this topic. I struggled quite a bit with my “reality” when I was younger, and even sometimes now. I can touch a blade of grass and know that it exists to me, but do I exist to it? Well, if I can bend the blade down to the earth then I have affected it. My presence, my touch, has changed that leaf and though it has sprung back up the same as before, it will never…

Only few events in one person’s life change how they see the world with their senses. The trip I made to Anna Maria Island last summer was one of these moments. The multiple sights, smells, tastes, and the sound and feel of the beach give you a whole new sense of the world around you. It tells you about the people who live there, what they eat, what they do in their free time, and so much more. Our five senses opens us up to so many different things that impact our lives, and my trip to Anna…

of a “sense” is “any system that consists of a group of sensory cell types that respond to a specific physical phenomenon and corresponds to a particular group of regions within the brain where the signals are received and interpreted.” In this paper I will be taking about sensory deprivation which is the lessening or complete loss of senses. I will discuss what hearing, vision, smell, taste, and touch is and how people can experience sensory deprivation for a variety of reasons. First…

What if we could one day feel things we couldn’t see, or taste sounds? As strange as that question sounds, it could be reality according to David Eagleman. In his TED talk he outlines several ways to substitute or increase our senses with technology. Some of these innovations might even be cheaper or replace the current technology being used. He explains that each animal has its own “umwelt” or surrounding world. For instance, humans can see less than ten trillionth of light rays, these rays…

me to see that Matt would benefit from breaks from academic task to ensure his sensory needs are met in order for him to continue with the classroom activities. Giving Matt a choice in his learning I feel will help him to have more preferred activities in the classroom which will in lieu increase his on-task behavior. The informants helped me to really think deeper about Matt’s target behavior in regards to his sensory needs. I am going to look into finding a specific time when the off-task…

Locke argues that our senses give us knowledge of ‘the existence of things outside us’. How does he argue for this view and do you think his arguments are plausible? If so, why? If not, could they be improved or should they be rejected? Provide an argument to support your view. John Locke was a 17th century English philosopher, who played a crucial role on representing Empiricism. In his well-known essay, Knowledge of the existence of other things, Locke argues that we know the existence of…

needed to make contact with the upside down and could not physically do it she remembered she could do so in “the bathtub”. But the bathtub was not big enough. Therefore the group looking for Will decided to build a sensory deprivation take in the school gym “Do you know anything about sensory deprivation tanks? Specifically how to build one”? But they did not know how to do so. So Dustin called Mr Clarke asking for instruction. After a few minutes of persuading, Mr Clarke told Dustin the…

the organization and interpretation of each sensation. The five major senses: vision, audition, gustation, olfaction, and skin senses all go through the process of transduction in which energy (light, chemical, or mechanical) is transformed by a sensory organ into electrochemical energy. This entire process is caused by neurons firing. Each sense organ respond to different signals and differentiate depending on which part…

• Do you learn best in a group or through individual training? Would a mix of the two work for you? • Do you find study groups beneficial? How frequently would you want to meet if so? • Are you a visual, aural, verbal, or kinesthetic learner? Most people are a mix, but all of us are dominant in one over the others. ⁃ Visual learners prefer pictures, diagrams, images, videos, and spatial relationships. They learn by seeing. ⁃ Aural learners prefer spoken words, lectures, podcasts, sounds,…