Ch. 6 Sensation

Question 1

The process by which stimuli are detected and encoded

Answer 1

Sensation

Question 2

The mental process of organizing and interpreting sensations (cognitive perspective)

Answer 2

Perception

Question 3

Minimum stimulation required to detect a stimulus 50% of the time

Answer 3

Absolute threshold

Question 4

As the magnitude increases the difference must also increase

Ex. Quarter in envelopes vs. quarter in boots

Answer 4

Weber’s law

Question 5

Decreasing sensitivity to unchanging stimulation
Ex. Vision- snowblindness
Hearing- white noise

Answer 5

Sensory adaptation

Question 6

What prevents sensory adaptation from happening?

Answer 6

Constant eye movements

Question 7

The transformation of physical stimuli into neural activity

Answer 7

Sensory transduction

Question 8

_____ of the ganglion cell converge to form the optic nerve

Answer 8

Axons

Question 9

What does the iris of the eye do?

Answer 9

It surrounds the pupil and controls the size of it