CH #45: Sensory Functioning

Question 1

adjustment of living with other living things and environmental conditions

Answer 1

adaptation

Question 2

condition in which the cortical area of the brain receives and responds appropriately to stimuli

Answer 2

arousal

Question 3

pertaining to hearing

Answer 3

auditory

Question 4

a state in which the individual or group experiences/is at risk for a change in the amount, pattern, or interpretation of incoming stimuli

Answer 4

disturbed sensory perceptions

Question 5

pertaining to taste

Answer 5

gustatory

Question 6

awareness of positioning of body parts & body movement

Answer 6

kinesthesia

Question 7

pertaining to smell

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olfactory

Question 8

description of the sense, usually at a subconscious level, of the movements and position of the body, especially its limbs, independent of vision

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proprioception

Question 9

network of neurons in the core of the brainstem, with ascending and descending tracts to other areas of the brain that monitor and regulate incoming sensory stimuli and level of arousal

Answer 9

reticular activating system (RAS)

Question 10

arousal state of the reticular activating system; general drive state

Answer 10

sensoristasis

Question 11

impaired or absent functioning of one or more senses

Answer 11

sensory deficit

Question 12

condition resulting from decreased sensory input or input that is monotonous, unpatterned, or meaningless

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sensory deprivation

Question 13

condition resulting from excessive sensory input to which the brain is unable to meaningfully respond

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sensory overload

Question 14

conscious process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting data from the senses into meaningful info

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sensory perception

Question 15

condition that results when one learns about the world without experiencing it up close, right here, right now

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sensory poverty

Question 16

difficulty in the way the brain takes in, organizes, and uses sensory info, causing a person to have problems interacting effectively in the everyday environment

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sensory processing disorder

Question 17

the process of receiving data about the internal or external environment through the senses

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sensory reception

Question 18

the sense that perceives the solidity of objects, their size, shape, and texture

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stereognosis

Question 19

agent, act, or other influence capable of initiating a response by the nervous system

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stimulus

Question 20

pertaining to touch

Answer 20

tactile

Question 21

pertaining to inner organs

Answer 21

visceral

Question 22

pertaining to sight

Answer 22

visual