Sensation
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Which term refers to the detection of physical energy by the sensory organs?

  • Perception
  • Illusion
  • Sensation (correct)
  • Transduction

    • What is the process by which the nervous system converts an external energy into excitation or inhibition of neurons in the brain?

  • Sensation
  • Perception
  • Illusion
  • Transduction (correct)

    • What is the term for a specialized cell that transduces a specific stimulus?

  • Sense receptor (correct)
  • Psychophysics
  • Sensory adaptation
  • Perception

    • When does sensory adaptation occur?

    <p>When the response weakens</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the study of physical stimuli and their interactions with our sensory systems called?

    <p>Psychophysics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the brain's interpretation of raw sensory information?

    <p>Perception</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when perception does not match reality?

    <p>Illusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the activation of our senses being greatest when we first detect the stimulus?

    <p>Sensory adaptation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the detection of physical energy by the sensory organs?

    <p>Sensation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for when the brain's interpretation of raw sensory information does not match reality?

    <p>Illusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is true about the absolute threshold?

    <p>It is the lowest level of a stimulus we can detect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the just noticeable difference (JND)?

    <p>The smallest change in intensity of a stimulus that we can detect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Weber's Law, what is the relationship between the just noticeable difference (JND) and stimulus intensity?

    <p>The stronger the stimuli, the higher the JND</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the signal detection theory explain?

    <p>How stimuli are detected under different conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is cross-modal processing?

    <p>The mixing of senses across different brain areas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the McGurk effect?

    <p>The integration of visual and auditory information when processing spoken language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is synesthesia?

    <p>The condition where people experience a cross-modal sensation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is selective attention?

    <p>The process of selecting one sensory channel and ignoring others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the filter theory of attention, how does attention work?

    <p>Attention is a bottleneck through which only the most important information passes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the cocktail party effect?

    <p>Our ability to detect important information in a noisy place</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is true about the sense of hearing?

    <p>The cochlea converts sound waves into neural activity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a type of hearing loss caused by damage to the auditory nerve in the inner ear?

    <p>Nerve deafness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the chemical senses that are stimulated by chemicals rather than by light or sound waves?

    <p>Olfaction and gustation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the five basic tastes that we are sensitive to?

    <p>Sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where are the sense receptors for smell located?

    <p>In the lining of the nasal passages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the gustatory cortex in the perception of taste?

    <p>It receives taste information from taste buds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for our sense of touch and pain?

    <p>Somatosensory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the gate control model of pain?

    <p>We block pain by controlling thoughts and emotions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which monocular depth cue relies on the perception of objects appearing larger when they are closer to us?

    <p>Relative size</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of processing involves building up a whole stimulus from its parts?

    <p>Bottom-up processing</p> Signup and view all the answers

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