SENSATION AND PERCEPTION EXAMPREP REVIEW SHEET WITH TESTED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION EXAMPREP
REVIEW SHEET WITH TESTED QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

●● perception
Answer: the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information,
enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events


●● transduction
Answer: conversion of one form of energy into another.


●● Proximal Sensation
Answer: direct contact sensations (diving into a swimming pool)


●● Distal Senses
Answer: Smell, audition, vision. No direct contact. (smelling the
chlorine from a pool)


●● absolute threshold
Answer: the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus
50 percent of the time

, ●● difference threshold
Answer: the minimum difference between two stimuli required for
detection 50 percent of the time


●● signal detection theory
Answer: theory regarding how stimuli are detected under different
conditions


●● sensory adaptation
Answer: diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation


●● Retina
Answer: the light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the
receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing
of visual information


●● rods
Answer: dim light and peripheral vision receptors


●● cones
Answer: color vision


●● fovea