Sensation 2

Finding a cold classroom a little more comfortable once you have been in there for a while would be an example of

• sensory interaction

• stimulus generalization

• just noticeable difference

• sensory adaptation

The receptors that allow for gustation are located in the

• cochlea

• fovea

• retina

• taste buds

Decreasing responsiveness to stimuli due to constant stimulation

• absolute threshold

• sensory adaptation

• difference threshold

• sensory habituation

Smallest amount of stimulus we can perceive

• kinesthetic sense

• absolute threshold

• difference threshold

• sensory adaptation

Gives us feedback about the position and orientation of specific body parts

• vestibuler sense

• absolute threshold

• kinesthetic sense

• difference threshold

How our body is oriented in space

• kinesthetic sense

• vestibular sense

• absolute sense

• olfacation sense

Molecules of substances rise into the air and are drawn into our nose

• taste

• touch

• smell

• seeing

Nerves involved in the chemical sense respond to chemicals rather than to energy

• touch

• smell

• taste (gustation)

• seeing

Activated when our skin is indented, pierced or experiences a change in temperature

• smell

• touch

• smell

• seeing

After meeting a person for the first time, you try to decide whether they are a good person or a bad person based on their appearance.  Which term BEST explains your evaluation?

• Bottom-Up Processing
• Top-Down Processing
• Sensory Adaptation
• Selective Attention