Flashcard 8-1: Sensation

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The study of people's tendencies to make correct judgments in detecting the presence of stimuli

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signal-detection theory

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True or False?
Sensation occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor.

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True

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The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences

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perception

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The smallest change in a physical stimulus that can be detected between two stimuli

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difference threshold

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The weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time

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absolute threshold

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__________ may be combined with past experience to yield a perception.

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sensations

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The study of the relationship between sensory experiences and the physical stimuli that cause them is called

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psychophysics

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The "miracle worker" _______________, was notorious for being the first person to teach a deaf-blind person a language.

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Anne Sullivan

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The above image is an example of 

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The Stroop Effect 

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The principle that the larger or stronger a stimulus, the larger the change required for an observer to notice a change is called ______________.

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Webers Law, Weber's Law, Webber's Law, Webers law , webers law