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The smallest difference betweeen two stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time it is present is called?
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Difference threshold
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When receptor calls for the senses are activated, the process called ____ has begun.
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Sensation
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You have a piece of candy that you are holding in your mouth. After a while, the candy doesn't taste as strong as it did when you first tasted it. What happened?
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Sensory adaptation
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Which of your senses habituates rather then adapts to constant stimuli?
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Hearing
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How far can a candle flame be seen on a clear, dark night?
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30 miles
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The tube like passage leading from the outer ear to the eardrum is the...
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Autotory Canal
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Which is the best description of the vestibular sense?
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Movement & Boby position
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________ is the stimulation of the sense organs; _______ is the sorting out, interpreting, analysis, and integration of stimuli by the sense organ and brain.
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Sensation; Proception
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The term absolute threshold refers to the ____ intensity of a stimulus that must be present for the stimulus to be detected.
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Smallest
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The proper sequence of structures that light passes through in the eye is ___, ___, ____, $ ___
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Cornia, Pupil, Lens, & Retina
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What term refers to the psychological effect of the amplitude of light waves?
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Brightness
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Theory of color vision accounts better for the afterimage?
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Opponent process
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The tendency to precieve a quarter as being round even when it is viewed at and angle is called
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Shape constensy
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The most important role of sensory receptors is to ____
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Convert external stymulus to an electrical chemical message the nerosystem can use
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A reversible figure, such as the Necker cube, makes use of which principle of perception?
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Figure ground
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