Unit 1 review part 3 Biological Base of Behavior

The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimuli energies from our environment.

• Sensation
• Perception
• Cognition
• Interpretation

Sensory nerve endings that respond to stimuli

• Sensory Receptors

• Muscles
• Nerves
• Tissues

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The process by which our brain organizes and interprets sensory information, enabling us to recognize objects and events as meaningful

• Sensation
• Cognition
• Attention
• Perception

Information processing that begins with the sensory receptors and work up to the brain's integration of sensory information

• Top-down processing
• Sensory adaptation
• Bottom-up processing
• Cognitive processing

Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations

• Sensory adaptation
• Cognitive dissonance
• Bottom-up processing
• Top-down processing

Conversion of one form of energy into another. In sensation, the transforming of physical energy, such as sights, sounds, and smells, into neural impulses the brain can interpret

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Transduction
• Transmission

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NGSS.HS-PS3-3

the study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli such as their intensity, and our psychological experience of them

• Neuroscience
• Psychophysics
• Cognitive Psychology
• Behavioral Science

the minimum stimulus energy needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percdent of the time

• Just noticeable difference
• Difference threshold
• Sensory adaptation
• Absolute threshold

a theory predicting how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus (signal) amid background stimulation (noise); assume there is no single absolute depends partly on a person's experience, expectations, motivation, and alertness.

• Threshold Sensitivity Model
• Signal Detection Theory (SDT)
• Behavioral Response Theory
• Cognitive Dissonance Theory

below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness

• Subconscious awareness
• Overt stimuli
• Conscious perception
• Subliminal