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What is the process of sensation?

• Decoding of electrical impulses into useful information

• Movement of electrical impulses to the appropriate area of the brain

• Translation of stimuli into electrical impulses

• Direct reception and transmission of stimuli to the cerebral cortex

What is the absolute threshold?

• The level at which an increase in a detected stimulus can be perceived

• The minimum amount of stimulation that a person can detect

• The level beyond which a stimulus is no longer detectable

• The level at which a stimulus can be recognized

What is the recognition threshold?

• The level beyond which a stimulus is no longer detectable

• The level at which an increase in a detected stimulus can be perceived

• The minimum amount of stimulation that a person can detect

• The level at which a stimulus can be recognized

What is the differential threshold?

• The minimum change of intensity over an already applied stimulus that the human body is able to differentiate

• The level at which an increase in a detected stimulus can be perceived

• The minimum amount of stimulation that a person can detect

• The level at which a stimulus can be recognized

What is the terminal threshold?

• The level at which a stimulus can be recognized

• The minimum amount of stimulation that a person can detect

• The level beyond which a stimulus is no longer detectable

• The minimum change of intensity over an already applied stimulus that the human body is able to differentiate

What does the signal detection theory study?

• The ability to differentiate between different stimuli

• The mathematical relations between motivation, sensitivity, and stimulus intensity

• The process of sensation

• The level at which a stimulus can be recognized

What influences whether or not a person experiences a sensation?

• The individual's perceptual system

• The individual's expectations and motivation

• The individual's unconscious

• The intensity of the stimulus

What is the sensory threshold?

• The level at which a stimulus can be recognized

• The minimum amount of stimulation that a person can detect

• The level at which an increase in a detected stimulus can be perceived

• The level beyond which a stimulus is no longer detectable

What is the absolute threshold for certain senses?

• All of the above

• The ability to detect the sweetness from a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in two gallons of water

• The ability to detect the odor of one drop of perfume diffused throughout a three-room apartment

• The ability to detect the wing of a bee falling on your cheek from a height of one centimeter