Sensation & Perception

Question 1

six major senses

Answer 1

vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch, pain

Question 2

sensation

Answer 2

activation of sensory receptors in the sense organs

Question 3

sense organs

Answer 3

eyes, ears, taste buds, nose, skin

Question 4

sensory receptors

Answer 4

specialized form of neurons

respond to stimuli

Question 5

transduction

Answer 5

physical energy converted to neural energy

Question 6

Psychophysics

Answer 6

study of physical stimuli are translated into psychological experience

Question 7

sensory thresholds

Answer 7

smallest amount of energy needed for a person to detect a stimulus 50% of the time

Question 8

sensory adaption

Answer 8

a reduction in sensitivity to a stimulus after constant exposure to it.

Question 9

habituation

Answer 9

a tendency of the brain to stop attending to constant unchanging stimuli

Question 10

saccadic eye movements

Answer 10

constant movements of the eye that prevents adaption to visual stimuli