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Sensation occurs when the receptors for sensory systems detect energy from the external environment Perception occurs when the information from sensation is processed within the CNS Doctrine of Specific Energies receptors and neural channels for different senses are independent Labeled l...

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Psychology as a Natural Science
Questions and Correct Answers the
Latest Update and Recommended
Version
Sensation

✓ occurs when the receptors for sensory systems detect energy from the external
environment


Perception

✓ occurs when the information from sensation is processed within the CNS


Doctrine of Specific Energies

✓ receptors and neural channels for different senses are independent


Labeled lines

✓ particular nerve cells are labeled for distinctive sensory experiences


Adequate stimulus

✓ the type of stimulus for which a given sensory organ is particularly adapted


Transduction

✓ means by which physical energy is changed into neural impulses


Pacinian Corpuscle



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✓ a receptor that detects vibration


Coding

✓ patterns of action potentials in a sensory system must reflect a stimulus


Adaptation

✓ progressive loss of response when stimulation is maintained


Suppression

✓ suppress irrelevant stimuli and note the important changes of stimuli


Receptive fields

✓ space in which a stimulus will alter a neuron's firing rate


Attention

✓ generalized state of awareness of inputs


Selective attention

✓ Brain only allows us to focus on one thing at a time


Hierarchical organization

✓ more important information is enhanced while extraneous information is suppressed


Tonic



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