Sensation and Sensory Systems
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What is the process that detects the stimulus from one's body or from the environment?

  • Cognition
  • Sensation (correct)
  • Perception
  • Consciousness

Which of the following is an example of sensation?

  • Forming a melody
  • Organizing sensations into meaningful patterns
  • Detecting patterns and shapes
  • Hearing sounds (correct)

What is the process that organizes sensations into meaningful patterns?

  • Sensation
  • Perception (correct)
  • Cognition
  • Consciousness

What does perception do to sensory input?

<p>Modifies sensory input into experiences (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a sensory process?

<p>Seeing colors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the starting point of sensations?

<p>Stimulus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the inability to recognize human faces?

<p>Prospagnosia (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the case study, the patient suffering from prospagnosia could recognize people by which of the following?

<p>Sound of their voices (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the minimum point of intensity at which a sound can be detected?

<p>Absolute threshold (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is the absolute threshold defined by psychologists?

<p>The minimum level of stimulation that can be detected 50 percent of the time (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What psychological factor affects the absolute threshold?

<p>Response bias (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which law of sensory threshold refers to the minimum amount of stimulation a person can detect?

<p>Law of absolute threshold (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the inability to recognize familiar objects or phenomena?

<p>Agnosia (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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