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NVCC PSY 200-E43L Exam 2 Complete Test Bank with
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What is the law of effect and which researchers are
associated with it? - ANSWER-behaviors that are followed
by a "satisfying state of affairs" tend to be repeated and
those that produce an "unpleasant state of affairs" are less
likely to be repeated. Thorndike developed this
What is the difference between retroactive interference
and proactive interference? - ANSWER-retroactive
interference is when learning is interrupted by information
you learned earlier and proactive refers to when learning
interrupts information later
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What is sensation? - ANSWER-Simple stimulation of a
sense organ
What is synesthesia? - ANSWER-is a neurological
phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or
cognitive pathway leads to stimulation of another sensory
or cognitive pathway
What is perception? - ANSWER-The way the mind
organizes, interprets and identifies sensations in order to
form mental representation
What is transduction? - ANSWER-The way sensory
receptors communicate with the brain in which the body
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converts physical signals from the environment and
encodes them into neural signals thay are then sent to the
CNS
What is psychophysics? - ANSWER-A method that
measures the strenght of a stimulus and someones
sensitivity to that stimulus
What is an absolute threshold? - ANSWER-The minimal
intensity need to just barely detect a stimulis in 50% of the
trials
What is the just noticable difference? - ANSWER-The
minimal chance in stimulus that can just barely be noticed.
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Not a fixed quantifty, and is roughly proportional to the
intensity of the stimulus
What is webers law? - ANSWER-The just noticable
difference of a stimulus is a constant proportion despite
variation in intensity
What is signal detection theory? - ANSWER-The response
to a stimulus depends both on a person sensitivity to the
stimulus in the presence of noise and on a persons
decision criterian
What is sensory adaption? - ANSWER-When you adapt to
a condition because your expose was so prolonged
NVCC PSY 200-E43L Exam 2 Complete Test Bank with
Questions and Answers | Final Exam Study
Guide|Already Graded A+|Brand New
What is the law of effect and which researchers are
associated with it? - ANSWER-behaviors that are followed
by a "satisfying state of affairs" tend to be repeated and
those that produce an "unpleasant state of affairs" are less
likely to be repeated. Thorndike developed this
What is the difference between retroactive interference
and proactive interference? - ANSWER-retroactive
interference is when learning is interrupted by information
you learned earlier and proactive refers to when learning
interrupts information later
,2|Page
What is sensation? - ANSWER-Simple stimulation of a
sense organ
What is synesthesia? - ANSWER-is a neurological
phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or
cognitive pathway leads to stimulation of another sensory
or cognitive pathway
What is perception? - ANSWER-The way the mind
organizes, interprets and identifies sensations in order to
form mental representation
What is transduction? - ANSWER-The way sensory
receptors communicate with the brain in which the body
,3|Page
converts physical signals from the environment and
encodes them into neural signals thay are then sent to the
CNS
What is psychophysics? - ANSWER-A method that
measures the strenght of a stimulus and someones
sensitivity to that stimulus
What is an absolute threshold? - ANSWER-The minimal
intensity need to just barely detect a stimulis in 50% of the
trials
What is the just noticable difference? - ANSWER-The
minimal chance in stimulus that can just barely be noticed.
, 4|Page
Not a fixed quantifty, and is roughly proportional to the
intensity of the stimulus
What is webers law? - ANSWER-The just noticable
difference of a stimulus is a constant proportion despite
variation in intensity
What is signal detection theory? - ANSWER-The response
to a stimulus depends both on a person sensitivity to the
stimulus in the presence of noise and on a persons
decision criterian
What is sensory adaption? - ANSWER-When you adapt to
a condition because your expose was so prolonged
