Question

Sensory experiences that occur without an external sensory stimulus are called ____________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Sensory experiences that occur without external sensory stimulus are called hallucinations.

Explanation:

• Hallucinations are perceptions that one experience, of feeling, touching and even interacting with something that does not exist.
• With something that is only an imagination and has got no physical form.
• Therefore the above sensory experience falls into this category because it has got no physical stimulus.

Answer 2

Answer:

Hallucination

Explanation:

Hallucination are defined by the idea that a situation / a scenario exists which in reality does not exists. In extreme situations hallucinations may also lead a person to smell or touch things that do not exist. Hallucinations are mostly caused by mental illnesses or a breakdown of the nervous system.