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Sensation - correct answer - stimulation of sensory receptors &
transmission of sensory information to CNS
Perception - correct answer - process of selecting, organizing, &
interpreting sensory information
Transduction - correct answer - converting physical energy
Bottom-up processing - correct answer - starts at the sensory receptors &
works up to higher levels of processing
Top-down processing - correct answer - constructs perceptions from the
sensory input by drawing on our experience and expectations
Psychophysics - correct answer - study of relationship between physical
aspects of stimuli & our psychological experience of them
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Absolute threshold - correct answer - smallest intensity of a stimulus that
must be present to be detected 50% of time
Difference threshold - correct answer - minimum difference in stimulation
that a person can detect 50% of the time
-JND (just noticeable difference)
Signal detection theory - correct answer - theory predicting how & when we
detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background noise
-assumes no absolute threshold
Subliminal - correct answer - below one's absolute threshold for conscious
awareness
Priming - correct answer - the activation (often unconsciously) of certain
associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response
Weber's law - correct answer - to be perceived as different, two stimuli
must differ by a constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant
amount)
ARCHER PSY 100 - QUIZ 2 CHAPTER 6 2025| BRAND
NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS|
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Sensation - correct answer - stimulation of sensory receptors &
transmission of sensory information to CNS
Perception - correct answer - process of selecting, organizing, &
interpreting sensory information
Transduction - correct answer - converting physical energy
Bottom-up processing - correct answer - starts at the sensory receptors &
works up to higher levels of processing
Top-down processing - correct answer - constructs perceptions from the
sensory input by drawing on our experience and expectations
Psychophysics - correct answer - study of relationship between physical
aspects of stimuli & our psychological experience of them
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Absolute threshold - correct answer - smallest intensity of a stimulus that
must be present to be detected 50% of time
Difference threshold - correct answer - minimum difference in stimulation
that a person can detect 50% of the time
-JND (just noticeable difference)
Signal detection theory - correct answer - theory predicting how & when we
detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background noise
-assumes no absolute threshold
Subliminal - correct answer - below one's absolute threshold for conscious
awareness
Priming - correct answer - the activation (often unconsciously) of certain
associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response
Weber's law - correct answer - to be perceived as different, two stimuli
must differ by a constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant
amount)
