Sensation and Perception

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psychological process through which we interpret sensory stimulation

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Perception

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Being able to notice a difference in temperature in the shower when you turn up the heat

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difference threshold

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light enter the eye through the

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pupil

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What part of the eye allows us to see color?

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cones

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What does vestibular sense control? Options: depth perception, hearing, eye sight, balance

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balance

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How does one know the position and motion of their body even with their eyes closed? Options: kinesthesis, vertigo, vestibular sense, Inner ear balance

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kinesthesis

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the smallest amount of a particular stimulus that can be sensed

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absolute threshold

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What is the part of the inner ear that transmits sound impulses to the auditory nerve? Options: cochlea, auditory nerve, hammer, anvil

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cochlea

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signal detection theory tries to find out

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how psychological factors affect perception

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What is the lens in our eyes responsible for?

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keeping objects in focus