Sensation Review (1)

Question 1

This is the point at which we can start to sense something
- (seeing a light turn on)

Answer 1

Absolute Threshold

Question 2

This is the point at which we can sense that something has changed.
- (Noticing lighting difference on both sides)

Answer 2

Difference Threshold

Question 3

The reduction of a response to a stimulus after repeated presentations of that stimulus.
- (getting used to train sound near your house)

Answer 3

Habituation

Question 4

The decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus due to constant exposure to that stimulus
- (getting used to the feeling of glasses resting on face)

Answer 4

Sensory Adaptation

Question 5

A kind of stimulus that may be perceived and processed in the brain but is below our threshold for awareness.

Answer 5

Subliminal Stimulation

Question 6

We are able to hear because this structure sends information to the auditory cortex of our temporal lobe.

Answer 6

Ear Model

Question 7

We are able to see because this structure connects to the visual cortex in our occipital lobe.

Answer 7

The Virtreous Body