Critical and Creative Thinking Questions I

Read questions 1, 2, & 4 located in Critical and Creative Thinking Questions in Ch. 4 of Visualizing Psychology.

Sensation and perception are closely linked. What is the central distinction between the two?
If we sensed and attended equally to each stimulus in the world the amount of information would be overwhelming. What sensory and perceptual processes help us lessen the din?
What senses outside of hearing would likely be impaired if a person were somehow missing all of the apparatus of the ear (including the outer, middle, and inner ear)?

Answer each question in at least 50 words.