Sensory Diversity Quiz

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What is the process of gathering information about the world through the detection of stimuli called?

Transduction

Perception

Cognition

Sensation (correct)

How many human senses were traditionally identified in some cultures?

Ten

Three

Five (correct)

Seven

What do sense organs do during sensation?

Send signals to the muscles

Initiate the perception process

Collect various stimuli for transduction (correct)

Interpret sensory information

What is fundamental to nearly every aspect of an organism's cognition, behavior, and thought?

Sensation and perception Signup and view all the answers

What do sensory organs consist of in organisms?

A group of interrelated sensory cells Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of transforming stimuli into a form that can be understood by the brain called?

Transduction Signup and view all the answers

What are the cranial and spinal nerves responsible for?

Relaying sensory information to and from the brain and body Signup and view all the answers

What is fundamental to nearly every aspect of an organism's cognition, behavior, and thought?

Sensation and perception Signup and view all the answers

What does a sensory organ consist of in organisms?

A group of interrelated sensory cells that respond to a specific type of physical stimulus Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the biological system used by an organism for sensation?

Sense Signup and view all the answers

The organ responsible for smelling is ______________.

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Sensory Diversity Quiz

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What is the process of gathering information about the world through the detection of stimuli called?

How many human senses were traditionally identified in some cultures?

What do sense organs do during sensation?

What is fundamental to nearly every aspect of an organism's cognition, behavior, and thought?

What do sensory organs consist of in organisms?

What is the process of transforming stimuli into a form that can be understood by the brain called?

What are the cranial and spinal nerves responsible for?

What is fundamental to nearly every aspect of an organism's cognition, behavior, and thought?

What does a sensory organ consist of in organisms?

What is the term for the biological system used by an organism for sensation?

The organ responsible for smelling is ______________.

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