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What is the function of sensory receptors in the ear?
What is the function of sensory receptors in the ear?
- Code for color detection
- Code for light intensity
- Code for movement detection
- Code for sound pressure changes (correct)
According to Weber's Law, is the fraction of the original stimulus intensity that is different for different senses?
According to Weber's Law, is the fraction of the original stimulus intensity that is different for different senses?
- True (correct)
- False
What is the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable called?
What is the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable called?
- Threshold
- Weber's Law
- Perception
- Just-noticeable difference (correct)
What form of energy does the eye detect?
What form of energy does the eye detect?
What is the main function of vision?
What is the main function of vision?
What is the minimum amount of energy required for activation of sensory systems called?
What is the minimum amount of energy required for activation of sensory systems called?
What is the term for the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input?
What is the term for the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input?
What is the term for the fraction of the original stimulus intensity that is the minimum difference in stimulation?
What is the term for the fraction of the original stimulus intensity that is the minimum difference in stimulation?
What does the detection of color allow for?
What does the detection of color allow for?
Which type of photoreceptors are found in the center of the retina and are sensitive to fine detail and color?
Which type of photoreceptors are found in the center of the retina and are sensitive to fine detail and color?
What is the term for the intensity of a color?
What is the term for the intensity of a color?
Which theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye?
Which theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye?
What are the primary tastes?
What are the primary tastes?
Which part of the ear contains the cochlea and the basilar membrane?
Which part of the ear contains the cochlea and the basilar membrane?
What are the three classes of skin receptors?
What are the three classes of skin receptors?
What is the term for the psychological perception of color?
What is the term for the psychological perception of color?
Which theory of color vision could not account for negative color afterimages?
Which theory of color vision could not account for negative color afterimages?
What is the term for the vibrations of molecules that travel through air and are detected as sound?
What is the term for the vibrations of molecules that travel through air and are detected as sound?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What is the term for the minimum amount of energy required for activation of sensory systems?
What is the term for the minimum amount of energy required for activation of sensory systems?
What is the term for the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable?
What is the term for the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable?
Which theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye?
Which theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What form of energy does the eye detect?
What form of energy does the eye detect?
What is the main function of vision?
What is the main function of vision?
What is the term for the intensity of a color?
What is the term for the intensity of a color?
What are the primary tastes?
What are the primary tastes?
According to Weber's Law, is the fraction of the original stimulus intensity that is different for different senses?
According to Weber's Law, is the fraction of the original stimulus intensity that is different for different senses?
Which term refers to the stimulation of sense organs?
Which term refers to the stimulation of sense organs?
What are the three dimensions of color perception?
What are the three dimensions of color perception?
Which theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye?
Which theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye?
What are the two types of photoreceptors found in the human eye?
What are the two types of photoreceptors found in the human eye?
What is the main function of the auditory system?
What is the main function of the auditory system?
What are the primary tastes?
What are the primary tastes?
What is the term for the detection of physical stimuli in the outside world by receptors in the skin?
What is the term for the detection of physical stimuli in the outside world by receptors in the skin?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What is the term for the psychological perception of color?
What is the term for the psychological perception of color?
Which part of the eye contains the photoreceptors that detect light?
Which part of the eye contains the photoreceptors that detect light?
What is the term for the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input?
What is the term for the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input?
Which term refers to the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable?
Which term refers to the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable?
What is the term for the vibrations of molecules that travel through air and are detected as sound?
What is the term for the vibrations of molecules that travel through air and are detected as sound?
What are the primary tastes?
What are the primary tastes?
What is the function of sensory receptors in the ear?
What is the function of sensory receptors in the ear?
What is the term for the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input?
What is the term for the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input?
Which theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye?
Which theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What is the term for the detection of physical stimuli in the outside world by receptors in the skin?
What is the term for the detection of physical stimuli in the outside world by receptors in the skin?
What is the term for the psychological perception of color?
What is the term for the psychological perception of color?
What are the three dimensions of color perception?
What are the three dimensions of color perception?
Which part of the eye contains the photoreceptors that detect light?
Which part of the eye contains the photoreceptors that detect light?
What are the three dimensions of color perception?
What are the three dimensions of color perception?
What is the term for the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable?
What is the term for the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What form of energy does the eye detect?
What form of energy does the eye detect?
Which theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye?
Which theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye?
What is the main function of vision?
What is the main function of vision?
Which type of photoreceptors are found in the center of the retina and are sensitive to fine detail and color?
Which type of photoreceptors are found in the center of the retina and are sensitive to fine detail and color?
What are the primary tastes?
What are the primary tastes?
Which term refers to the stimulation of sense organs?
Which term refers to the stimulation of sense organs?
Which of the following is an assumption of learning theories?
Which of the following is an assumption of learning theories?
What is the term for a response that is reliably elicited by a stimulus?
What is the term for a response that is reliably elicited by a stimulus?
Which of the following best describes classical conditioning?
Which of the following best describes classical conditioning?
What is the term for the weakening of conditioning when the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus?
What is the term for the weakening of conditioning when the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus?
When does spontaneous recovery occur?
When does spontaneous recovery occur?
What is stimulus generalization?
What is stimulus generalization?
What is stimulus discrimination?
What is stimulus discrimination?
According to Pavlov's experiment, what is the term for the response that is reliably elicited by the unconditioned stimulus?
According to Pavlov's experiment, what is the term for the response that is reliably elicited by the unconditioned stimulus?
What is the term for the neutral stimulus that is paired with the unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning?
What is the term for the neutral stimulus that is paired with the unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning?
What is the term for the response that resembles the unconditioned response and is elicited by the conditioned stimulus in classical conditioning?
What is the term for the response that resembles the unconditioned response and is elicited by the conditioned stimulus in classical conditioning?
According to classical conditioning, which temporal order of presentation of CS and UCS is the best for conditioning?
According to classical conditioning, which temporal order of presentation of CS and UCS is the best for conditioning?
In classical conditioning, what is the term for the learned avoidance of a flavor that is followed by an illness experience?
In classical conditioning, what is the term for the learned avoidance of a flavor that is followed by an illness experience?
What is the term for the process by which the presentation of a stimulus after a response makes the response more likely to occur in the future?
What is the term for the process by which the presentation of a stimulus after a response makes the response more likely to occur in the future?
What is the term for the termination of an aversive event that makes a behavior more likely to occur in the future?
What is the term for the termination of an aversive event that makes a behavior more likely to occur in the future?
What is the term for the situation in which a response that terminates an aversive stimulus will strengthen that response?
What is the term for the situation in which a response that terminates an aversive stimulus will strengthen that response?
What is the term for the decrease in the likelihood that a response will occur due to the presentation of an aversive stimulus?
What is the term for the decrease in the likelihood that a response will occur due to the presentation of an aversive stimulus?
What is the term for the situation in which a learner may come to fear the teacher, rather than learn an association between the action and punishment?
What is the term for the situation in which a learner may come to fear the teacher, rather than learn an association between the action and punishment?
Which type of reinforcement schedule involves obtaining a reinforcer for every Nth response?
Which type of reinforcement schedule involves obtaining a reinforcer for every Nth response?
Which type of reinforcement schedule involves obtaining a reinforcer on average after N minutes?
Which type of reinforcement schedule involves obtaining a reinforcer on average after N minutes?
According to Bandura's Social Learning Theory, what is the term for learning through observation of others?
According to Bandura's Social Learning Theory, what is the term for learning through observation of others?
According to classical conditioning, which temporal order of presentation of CS and UCS is the best for conditioning?
According to classical conditioning, which temporal order of presentation of CS and UCS is the best for conditioning?
What is the term for the process by which presentation of a stimulus after a response makes the response more likely to occur in the future?
What is the term for the process by which presentation of a stimulus after a response makes the response more likely to occur in the future?
Which type of reinforcement schedule involves obtaining a reinforcer for every Nth response?
Which type of reinforcement schedule involves obtaining a reinforcer for every Nth response?
What is the term for the situation in which a response that terminates an aversive stimulus will strengthen that response?
What is the term for the situation in which a response that terminates an aversive stimulus will strengthen that response?
What is the term for the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input?
What is the term for the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input?
What is the term for the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable?
What is the term for the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What are the primary tastes?
What are the primary tastes?
What is the term for the intensity of a color?
What is the term for the intensity of a color?
According to Bandura's Social Learning Theory, what is the term for learning through observation of others?
According to Bandura's Social Learning Theory, what is the term for learning through observation of others?
Which of the following is NOT one of the assumptions of learning theories?
Which of the following is NOT one of the assumptions of learning theories?
What is the term for a response that is reliably elicited by a stimulus?
What is the term for a response that is reliably elicited by a stimulus?
What is the term for the weakening of conditioning evident when the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus?
What is the term for the weakening of conditioning evident when the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus?
What is stimulus generalization?
What is stimulus generalization?
What is stimulus discrimination?
What is stimulus discrimination?
What is the term for the reemergence of a previously extinguished conditioned response?
What is the term for the reemergence of a previously extinguished conditioned response?
Which of the following is NOT a primary assumption of learning theories?
Which of the following is NOT a primary assumption of learning theories?
What is the term for the response that resembles the unconditioned response and is elicited by the conditioned stimulus in classical conditioning?
What is the term for the response that resembles the unconditioned response and is elicited by the conditioned stimulus in classical conditioning?
What is the term for the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable?
What is the term for the minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
What is the term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain?
Study Notes
Sensory Systems
- Sensory receptors in the ear detect sound waves and convert them into neural signals.
- The eye detects light, which is a form of electromagnetic energy.
- The main function of vision is to detect and interpret light from the environment.
- The minimum amount of energy required for activation of sensory systems is called the absolute threshold.
Weber's Law
- According to Weber's Law, the fraction of the original stimulus intensity that is just noticeable is different for different senses.
- The minimum difference in stimulation that is just noticeable is called the just-noticeable difference (JND).
Color Vision
- The detection of color allows for the perception of different wavelengths of light.
- The two types of photoreceptors found in the human eye are rods and cones.
- Cones are found in the center of the retina and are sensitive to fine detail and color.
- The trichromatic theory of color vision explains color as the differential activation of three color elements in the eye.
- The three dimensions of color perception are hue, saturation, and brightness.
- The term for the intensity of a color is saturation.
Taste and Smell
- The primary tastes are sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
- Taste receptors are found on the tongue and respond to different chemical properties of food.
Pain and Touch
- The term for the source of information that relates to tissue destruction and motivates behaviors to terminate the source of pain is nociception.
- The term for the detection of physical stimuli in the outside world by receptors in the skin is tactition.
- There are three classes of skin receptors: mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, and nociceptors.
Learning Theories
- The term for the selection, organization, and interpretation of sensory input is perception.
- According to classical conditioning, a response that is reliably elicited by a stimulus is called a conditioned response.
- The term for the neutral stimulus that is paired with the unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning is the conditioned stimulus (CS).
- The term for the response that resembles the unconditioned response and is elicited by the conditioned stimulus is the conditioned response (CR).
- The term for the process by which the presentation of a stimulus after a response makes the response more likely to occur in the future is reinforcement.
- The term for the termination of an aversive event that makes a behavior more likely to occur in the future is negative reinforcement.
- The term for the situation in which a response that terminates an aversive stimulus will strengthen that response is escape learning.
- The term for the decrease in the likelihood that a response will occur due to the presentation of an aversive stimulus is punishment.
- According to Bandura's Social Learning Theory, learning through observation of others is called modeling.
- The term for the reemergence of a previously extinguished conditioned response is spontaneous recovery.
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Test your knowledge on the fundamentals of Sensation and Perception in Psychology. Explore topics like psychophysics, sensory thresholds, and how sensory receptors and systems work. Challenge yourself with this quiz and enhance your understanding of how our senses interpret the world around us.
