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NVCC PSY 200-E43L Exam 2 includes accurate
and verified questions covering general
psychology topics such as learning theories
(classical and operant conditioning), memory
processes, developmental stages, sensation and
perception, and cognitive psycho
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 converts physical signals from the environment
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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. 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
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What is sensory adaption? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
When you adapt to a condition because your expose
was so prolonged
We "see" light waves. What are the three properties of
light waves and what do they determine? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ The length of a light wave determines its hue or
what we see ass color, the intensity or amplitude of a
light wave (how high the peaks are) determine what we
see as brightness, and the purity is the number of distinct
wavelengths that make up the light or what we percieve
as saturation
What is the cornea? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A clear
smooth outer tissue thay light first passes through
What is the pupil? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A hole in the
colored part of the eye which light goes through after
the cornea
Whay is the iris? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The colored
part of the eye that is translucent donut shaped muscle
that controls the size of the pupil and hense the amount
of light that passes through the eye
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What is the retina? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Light
sensitive tissue lining the back of the eyeball that
recieves light from the lens
What is accomidation - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The
process in which the eye maintains a clear image of the
retina. The lens flattens for things further away and
rounds for things closer
What are cones? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Cones detect
color, operate under normal daylight conditions and
allow us to focus on fine detail
What are rods? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Rods becoms
active under low light conditions for night vision. Much
more sensitive then cones
What is the fovea? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An area in
the retina where vision is the clearest and there are no
rods at all, which reduces sharpness in reduced light
How does transduction occur (how does the light wave
become a neiral impulse)? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the
NVCC PSY 200-E43L Exam 2 includes accurate
and verified questions covering general
psychology topics such as learning theories
(classical and operant conditioning), memory
processes, developmental stages, sensation and
perception, and cognitive psycho
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 converts physical signals from the environment
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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. 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
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What is sensory adaption? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
When you adapt to a condition because your expose
was so prolonged
We "see" light waves. What are the three properties of
light waves and what do they determine? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ The length of a light wave determines its hue or
what we see ass color, the intensity or amplitude of a
light wave (how high the peaks are) determine what we
see as brightness, and the purity is the number of distinct
wavelengths that make up the light or what we percieve
as saturation
What is the cornea? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A clear
smooth outer tissue thay light first passes through
What is the pupil? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A hole in the
colored part of the eye which light goes through after
the cornea
Whay is the iris? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The colored
part of the eye that is translucent donut shaped muscle
that controls the size of the pupil and hense the amount
of light that passes through the eye
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What is the retina? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Light
sensitive tissue lining the back of the eyeball that
recieves light from the lens
What is accomidation - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The
process in which the eye maintains a clear image of the
retina. The lens flattens for things further away and
rounds for things closer
What are cones? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Cones detect
color, operate under normal daylight conditions and
allow us to focus on fine detail
What are rods? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Rods becoms
active under low light conditions for night vision. Much
more sensitive then cones
What is the fovea? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An area in
the retina where vision is the clearest and there are no
rods at all, which reduces sharpness in reduced light
How does transduction occur (how does the light wave
become a neiral impulse)? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the
