Psych@KCHS: S&P preview

When a stimulus activates a receptor.  

• Senstaion
• Perception
• Recognition
• Response system

This theory states that we can lessen some pains by shifting our attention away from pain impulses.  

• Pain perception method
• Gate-Control Theory
• Acute sensation deprivation
• Theory of relativity

The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.  

• Senstation
• Perception
• Gestalt Awareness
• Sensory organization

The weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half of the time.  

• Differnce threshold
• Absolute threshold
• Gate threshold
• Subliminal message

This system controls the balance of the body.  

• Vestibular System
• Kinesthetic System
• Vision system
• Internal system

The sense of movement and body position

• Hearing
• Sight
• Kinesthesis
• Olfaction
• Touch

Which of the following is a perception?

• noting a change in temperature
• hearing an increase in volume
• recognizing an object as a car
• viewing a decrease in brightness

Vibration is crucial to which sense?

• sight
• hearing
• smell
• taste

If an elderly person thinks that food does not taste as good as it used to, what is the likely reason?

• a decline in his or her kinesthetic senses
• a decline in his or her cochlea
• a decline in his or her vestibular system
• a decline in her or his olfaction

When a person rubs an elbow after smacking it into a table, that person is

• creating competition between pain and nonpain impulses
• focusing attention toward the pain.
• decreasing nonpain impulses in the area.
• increasing pain impulses in the area