Sensation

What is Sensation?

• Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell.

• refers to how the mind process information

• refers to how we store information

When information is converted to neural messages they are called:

• Transduction

• Transportation

• Translucent

Absolute threshold refers to

• The maximum stimulation required to say anything

• minimum usage of sense organs

• The minimum stimulation necessary to detect a particular stimulus

What is Signal Detection theory?

• Ability to detect various sounds and colors

• Ability to focus on one stimulus and ignore others

• Ability to see traffic signals

Receptors that are responsible for transferring light into neural impulses.  

• Rods & Cones of Retina
• Optic Stem
• Cornea
• Iris

Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary sensory experiences that make up taste?  

• Sweet
• Sour
• Bitter
• Warmth

Smell is transmitted to the brain via the.....

• Optic Nerve
• Olfactory Nerve
• Auditory (chochlear nerve)
• Sensory Nerve

Being able to see a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night is the

• absolute threshold for human vision
• difference threshold for human vision.
• perceived threshold for human vision
• ratio threshold for human vision

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