Sensation & Perception

_______ refers to the minimum amount of stimulus energy required to be detected 50% of the time.

• Absolute threshold
• Difference threshold
• Just noticeable difference
• Transduction

________ occurs when sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced.

• Transduction
• Sensation
• Perception
• Sensory adaptation

Alice is eating a piece of fruit. After a while, she notices that the fruit tastes less sweet and tangy than it did when she first bit into it. Alice is experiencing ____.

• habituation
• accommodation
• sensory adaptation
• subliminal perception

The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time is called

• absolute threshold
• difference threshold
• sensory adaptation
• subliminal perception

A researcher presents two lights of varying brightness to a subject who is asked to respond "same" or "different" by comparing their intensities. The researcher is seeking the

• just noticeable difference.
• absolute threshold.
• subliminal threshold.
• minimal threshold.

The point at which a change in sensory stimulation is detected is called the

• absolute threshold
• psychological equation
• just noticeable difference 
• Weber effect

We use our .............. to detect ............ around us and send messages to the brain.

• sense - stimuli

• organs - smells

• muscles - responses

Our sense organs ................. information from our surroundings

• receive

• interprets

The sense of .............. is related with the eyes.

• sight

• smell

• touch

• hearing

• taste

The sense of .............. is related with the ears.

• sight

• smell

• touch

• hearing

• taste