SENSATION

Question 1

OCCURS WHEN SPECIAL RECEPTORS IN THE SENSE ORGANS (EYES,EARS,NOSE,SKIN,TASTE BUDS) ARE ACTIVATED, ALLOWING VARIOUS FORMS OF OUTSIDE STIMULI TO BECOME NEURAL SIGNALS IN THE BRAIN

Answer 1

SENSATION

Question 2

PROCESS OF CONVERTING OUTSIDE STIMULI SUCH AS LIGHT INTO NEURAL ACTIBVITY

Answer 2

TRANSDUCTION

Question 3

SPECIALIZED FORMS OF NEURONS THE CELLS THAT MAKE UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Answer 3

SENSORY RECEPTORS

Question 4

INSTEAD OF RECEIVING NEUROTRANSMITTERS FROM OTHER CELLS THESE RECEPTOR CELLS ARE STIMULATED BY DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENERGY

Answer 4

SENSORY RECEPTORS

Question 5

THE RECEPTORS IN THE EYES ARE STIMULATED BY

Answer 5

LIGHT

Question 6

THE RECEPTORS IN THE EARS ARE STIMULATED BY

Answer 6

VIBRATIONS

Question 7

TOUCH RECEPTORS ARE STIMULATED BY

Answer 7

PRESSURE OR TEMPERATURE

Question 8

RECEPTORS FOR TASTE AND SMELL ARE TRIGGERED BY

Answer 8

CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES

Question 9

THE RECEPTORS TRANSDUCES THE PHYSICAL INFO INTO ELECTRICAL INFO IN DIFF WAYS, WHICH EITHER ___ OR ____ THE CELL CAUSING IT TO FIRE MORE OR FIRE LESS BASED ON THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF THE INFO ITS DETECTING FOM THE ENVIRONMENT

Answer 9

DEPOLARIZES OR HYPERPOLARIZES

Question 10

WHO STUDIES THE SMALLEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO WEIGHTS THAT COULD BE DETECTED

Answer 10

ERNST WEBER (1795-1878)

Question 11

THE SMALLEST DIFFERECE BETWEE TWO STIMULI THAT’S DETECTABLE 50% OF THE TIME

Answer 11

WEBER’S LAW OF JUST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES (JND OR THE DIFFERENCE THRESHOLD)

Question 12

MEANS WHATEVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STIMULI MIGHT BE, ITS ALWAYS CONSTANT

Answer 12

WEBER’S LAW OF JUST NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES (JND OR THE DIFFERENCE THRESHOLD)

Question 13

EXPANDED WEBER’S WORK BY STUDYING CALLED ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD

Answer 13

GUSTAV FECHNER (1801-1887)

Question 14

LOWEST LEVEL OF STIMULATION THAT A PERSON CAN CONSCIOUSLY DETECT 50% OF THE TIME THE STIMULATION IS PRESENT

Answer 14

ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD

Question 15

ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD: CANDLE FLAME AT 30MILES ON A CLEAR, DARK NIGHT

Answer 15

SIGHT

Question 16

TICK OF A WATCH 2O FT AWAY IN A QUIET ROOM

Answer 16

HEARING

Question 17

DROP OF PERFUME DIFFUSED THROUGHOUT A THREE-ROOM APARTMENT

Answer 17

SMELL

Question 18

1 TSPN OF SUGAR IN 2 GALLONS OF WATER

Answer 18

TASTE

Question 19

BEES’S WING FALLING ON THE CHEEK FROM 1 CM ABOVE

Answer 19

TOUCH

Question 20

STIMULI THAT ARE BELOW THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUS AWARENESS

Answer 20

SUBLIMINAL STIMULI

Question 21

MEANS THRESHOLD

Answer 21

LIMIN

Question 22

MEANS BELOW THE THRESHOLD

Answer 22

SUBLIMINAL STIMULI

Question 23

STIMULI JUST STRONG ENOUGH TO ACTIVATE THE SENSORY RECEPTORS BUT NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO BE CONSCIOUSLY AWARE OF THEM

Answer 23

SUBLIMINAL STIMULI

Question 24

SUBLIMINAL STIMULI ACT UPON THE UNCONCIOUS MIND, INFLUENCING BEHAVIOR IN A PROCESS OF

Answer 24

SUBLIMINAL PERCEPTION

Question 25

THE WAY THE BRAIN DEALS WITH UNCHANGING INFORMATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT

Answer 25

HABITUATION

Question 26

SENSORY RECEPTORS ARE STILL RESPONDING TO STIMULATION, THE LOWER CENTER OF THE BRAIN FILTER SENSORY STIMULATION AND IGNORE OR PREVENTT CONSCIOUS ATTENTION TO STIMULI THAT DO NOT CHANGE

Answer 26

HABITUATION

Question 27

THE RECEPTOR CELLS BECOME LESS RESPONSIVE TO AN UNCHANGING STIMULUS AND THE RECEPTORS NO LNGER SEND SIGNALS TI THE BRAIN

Answer 27

SENSORY ADAPTATION

Question 28

UNCHANGING INFORMATION FROM THE SENSORY RECEPTORS IS EFFECTIVELY IGNORED

Answer 28

SENSORY ADAPTATION