Sensation

Juan's bag of marbles is twice as heavy as Beth's. If it takes 5 extra marbles to make Beth's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra marbles to make Juan's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates

• absolute threshold

• difference threshold

• sensory adaptation

• closure

When the raw sensory stimulus activates a sensory receptor, we call this process:

• Senstaion

• Perception

• Recognition

• Response system

If an elderly person thinks that food does not taste as good as it used to, what is the likely reason?

• a decline in his or her vision

• a decline in his or her cochlea/cilia

• a decline in his or her kinesthesis/touch

• a decline in her or his olfaction

While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...

• inattentional blindness

• place theory

• blind spot

• feature detectors

• sensory adaptation

The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the ______.

• Absolute threshold

• range threshold

• difference threshold

• just-noticeable difference

Which of the following best describes the concept of 'sensation' in social studies?

• The process of interpreting sensory information

• The initial detection of energy from the physical world

• The emotional response to a stimulus

• The cognitive understanding of a stimulus

In the context of sensation, what does the term 'absolute threshold' refer to?

• The minimum intensity of a stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time

• The maximum intensity of a stimulus that can be tolerated

• The difference in intensity between two stimuli

• The point at which a stimulus becomes painful

Which sense is primarily responsible for detecting chemical stimuli in the environment?

• Vision

• Hearing

• Taste

• Touch

What is the role of sensory receptors in the process of sensation?

• To interpret sensory information

• To detect and respond to stimuli

• To store sensory information

• To transmit sensory information to the brain

Which of the following is an example of sensory adaptation?

• Becoming unaware of the feeling of clothes on your skin

• Feeling pain from a paper cut

• Hearing a loud noise

• Seeing a bright light