Basic process to all sensory systems

Question 1

Receive sensory stimulation

Answer 1

receptor cells

Question 2

Transduction external is converted to

Answer 2

neural signal

Question 3

Deliver the neural information to

Answer 3

our brain

Question 4

process of converting one form of energy (sights, sounds, and smell) into neural impulses that your brain can use.

Answer 4

transduction

Question 5

a smallest detectable level of a stimulus

Answer 5

absolute threshold

Question 6

a theory predicting how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus (signal), amide from background stimulation (noise)

Answer 6

signal detection theory

Question 7

the smallest detectable change in a stimulus / also called the “ just noticeable difference”

Answer 7

difference threshold

Question 8

difference between two stimuli required for detection ( %) / just noticeable difference

Answer 8

50

Question 9

Two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant amount) to be perceived as different

Answer 9

Weber’s Law

Question 10

an adjustment of the senses to the level of stimulation they are receiving

Answer 10

sensory adaption