Sensation and Perception Quiz 1

stimulation of sensory receptors and the transmission of sensory information to the CNS

• sensation

• perception

• absolute threshold

• difference threshold

psychological process through which we interpret the sensory stimulation

• sensation

• perception

• absolute threshold

• difference threshold

Weakest amount of stimulus that can be sensed

minimum amount of difference that can be detected between two stimuli

Our sensory systems _____ to a changing environment

Sensory adaptation is the process by which we become more ________ to weak stimuli and less _____ to unchanging stimuli

What type of stimuli do we not usually adapt to ?

Method of distinguishing sensory stimuli that considers not only the stimuli's strength but also the setting, your physical state, your mood, and your attitudes.

_______ is electromagnetic energy described in wavelengths

dark opening in the colored part of the eye