Unit 1.5-2 APP

A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep

• Schizophrenia

• Insomnia

• Sleep Apnea

• Breathing disorder

The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time

• Difference Threshold

• Threshold

• Absolute Threshold

• Detection Theory

Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation, a boys smelly room perhaps

• Sensory adaptation
• Sensory enhancement
• Sensory deprivation
• Sensory overload

This part of the Eye detects detail and gives rise to color sensations

• Cornea
• Rods

• Retina
• Cones

The theory that opposing retinal processes enable color vision

• Opponent-process theory
• Color constancy theory
• Retinex theory
• Trichromatic theory

The central focal point in the retina, around which the eye’s cones cluster

• macula
• fovea
• optic nerve
• retinal pigment epithelium

The sense or act of hearing

• Listening
• Sound
• Audition

• Gustation

The theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological gate that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass to the brain

• Pain Perception Theory
• Gate Control Theory of Pain
• Neurological Pain Model
• Spinal Pain Regulation Theory

Our sense of balance, sense of body movement and position that enables our sense of balance

• Somatosensory system
• Auditory system
• Visual system
• Vestibular system

Sense of Taste

• Gustation

• Olfaction

• Vision

• Audition