Domain 2 (Part 2) Review

The process by which receptor cells in the sensory systems and nervous system receive stimuli from the environment is known as...

• Perception

• Sensation

• Top-down processing

• Sensory adaptation

Processing that draw on expectations and prior experiences to interpret incoming sensory information is known as...

• Top-down processing

• Bottom-up processing

• Sensation

• Selective attention

The dimmest star your retina can detect would represent the __________ of your vision

• sensation

• difference threshold

• perception

• absolute threshold

The smallest change in volume that your ear can detect would represent the __________ of your hearing

• sensation

• perception

• difference threshold

• absolute threshold

THIS principle of sensation predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid background stimulation

THIS principle of sensation refers to our ability to focus our conscious awareness on a particular stimulus to the exclusion of others

• Signal detection theory

• Selective attention

• Sensory adaptation

• Perception

The principle of sensation that explains why you're able to "get used to" cold pool water or hot water in a shower is...

• selective attention

• signal detection theory

• sensation

• sensory adaptation

The theory that states that our ability to perceive color is a product of the cones in our eyes picking up combinations of red, green, and blue light waves is known as the __________

The height of a sound wave (aka it's __________) determines the sound's perceived loudness

• amplitude

• absolute threshold

• difference threshold

• pitch

Prolonged exposure to sounds above _____ decibels (dB) can lead to lost or diminished hearing

• 0

• 105

• 85

• 150