I would explain sensation and perception by saying that sensation is how we obtain information: through our senses. Perception is how we interpret and feel about those thing that we sense.
The most interesting this I learned in this section was by far the fact that pain can be treated both physically and psychologically. I found it extremely interesting that by just making people in pain believe that they were given pain-relieving medication decreased their pain. I also thought it was interesting that pain can be reduced by simply distracting the mind to think about something else other than the pain. This makes me perceive pain in a different way. Pain is not just physically felt, but mentally enhanced. Pain becomes worse the more we think about how much it hurts. I believe that this will greatly help me in my everyday life because now I know what makes pain worse (thinking about it). Whenever I am in pain or if someone else is in pain, I will try to distract myself or the other person to help. By doing this, that pain and overall stress will be reduced.
I read the article "Is Sacrifice in Relationships Related to Commitment and Functioning?" This article was about the two different ways sacrifice is perceived in a relationship. Sacrifice can either be perceived as a good thing, a way to show your commitment, while the "feminist" perception of sacrifice is that sacrifice is something you do no matter what, therefore does not show commitment. Research suggest healthy relationships are not by how much a couple sacrifices for each other, but rather how the sacrifice is perceived. I though that this was a very interesting point. This changes the way I view a healthy relationship. I key concept to a healthy relationship is simply mindset and how you perceive things. This will help me in my everyday life because I will be more sensitive to how I perceive my sacrifices in my own relationships. I may also be able to recognize other's sacrifice perception in their own relationships and may possibly be able to help them.
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I also found the part about pain to be very interesting. I am very clumsy and I often run into things and trip over my own feet and such. My friends use to ask me if I was okay, but now they know that I don't feel as much pain in those instances because of the distractions around me, my friends. It doesn't usually hurt anymore when I run into things such as the door to a class room. Now I have a better understanding of why I don't feel as much pain.
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