Sensation

Question 1

the process that occurs when special receptors in the sense organs are activated, allowing various forms of outside stimuli to become neural signals in the brain

Answer 1

Sensation

Question 2

the process of converting outside stimuli, such as light, into neural activity

Answer 2

Transduction

Question 3

specialized forms of neurons, the cells that make up the nervous system

Answer 3

Sensory Receptors

Question 4

disorder in which the signals from the various sensory organs are processed in the wrong cortical areas, resulting in the sense information being interpreted as more than one sensation

Answer 4

Synesthesia

Question 5

the smallest difference between two stimuli that is detectable 50 percent of the time, and this law simply means that whatever the difference between stimuli might be, it is always a constant

Answer 5

Just Noticeable Differences (JND, or the Difference Threshold)
by Ernst Weber

Question 6

the lowest level of stimulation that a person can consciously detect 50 percent of the time the stimulation is present

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Absolute Threshold
by Gustav Fechner

Question 7

stimuli that are below the level of conscious awareness

Answer 7

Subliminal Stimuli

Question 8

people believe that subliminal stimuli act upon the unconscious mind, influencing behavior in a process called

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Subliminal Perception

Question 9

way of analyzing what stimuli we respond to;
used to compare our judgments, or the decisions we make, under uncertain conditions

Answer 9

Signal Detection Theory

Question 10

the way the brain deals with unchanging information from the environment

Answer 10

Habituation

Question 11

another process by which constant, unchanging information from the sensory receptors is effectively ignored

Answer 11

Sensory Adaptation