Question

Cognitively selecting sorting and organizing sensory information is called

Answer 1

Cognitively selecting sorting and organizing sensory information is called perception.
The term perception denoted the ability of human to recognize and interpret sensory stimuli, to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. 

Answer 2

Cognitively selecting sorting and organizing sensory information is called perception. Perception refers to how each person sorts information and situations cognitively. Since each person individually sorts information, one persons perception of something is not going to be the same as how another person percepts a situation to have occurred.