Neural transduction - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Which statement best describes the concept of pain? a. Pain is an uncomfortable experience present only in the patient with an intact nervous system. b. Pain is an unpleasant experience accompanied by crying and tachycardia. c. Pain is activation of the sympathetic nervous system from an injury. d. Pain is whatever the patient experiencing it says it is, occurring when that patient says it does. CORRECT ANSWER ANS: D Pain is described as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience as...

PSYC 2301 Psychology 2301 Collin College - Questions with complete solution PSYC 2301: Chapter 5-8 Sensation - correct answer Detection of a physical stimulus Perception - correct answer The process of integrating, organizing, and interpreting sensations; is influenced by our knowledge and shaped by our experiences Transduction - correct answer Converting physical stimulus energy into a neural signal that can be processes by the brain Bottom up - correct answer A mode of perc...

attribution theory - the theory that we explain someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition. fundamental attribution error - the tendency for observers, when analyzing others' behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition. cognitive dissonance theory - the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example,...

T or F: Potassium ions are at high concentrations inside of cells, including neurons - ANSWER-True The action potential is a result of: - ANSWER-the movement of ions The post-synaptic cell can be: - ANSWER-in glands, muscle cells and neurons Th resting potential of a neuron is - ANSWER--60mV T or F: The cell body refers to the part of the neurons that begin at the dendrites and extend to the axon terminal - ANSWER-false T or F: Voltage gated ion channels open when a protein binds ...

Biol2220 Final Exam QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ Homeostasis - Answers - Maintenance of relatively constant conditions in the internal environment Significance of Homeostasis - Answers - Disruption can lead to disease; Body can adapt to mild stressors; Variables that need to remain constant: composition, temperature, volume Positive Feedback Loops - Answers - Positive Feedback: the response of system goes in the same direction as the chang...

PSYC 230 UIUC EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Perception - Answer-the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events Are there really 5 senses? - Answer-No, there are from 7-12 different senses neural transduction - Answer-receptors, transduction and neural response Sensation - Answer-activation of sensory receptors due to a stimulus in the environment (physical stimulus---->neural signal) Phenomenology - Answer-internal ...

Do we perceive the world directly? (If a tree falls in the woods..) Answer No. It's qualia (products of our minds) African thinker, Ibn al Haytham (Alhazen) main contribution Answer He proposed that vision was caused when light bounced off of objects and entered the eye. Described the depth cue called 'texture gradients' Bath's main contribution Answer Pioneered treatments for blindness. Inventing a laser device for removing cataracts, Muller's main contribution Answer He proposed ...

SHS 311 EXAM 2A QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS What does the Auditory nerve do? - Answer- Transmits neural code for sound to the brainstem What does the inner ear do? - Answer- Transduction of sound vibration into the neural code What is the outer (external) ear do? - Answer- -directs sound to the middle ear -amplifies sound in frequency, depends on specific manna on location pf sound source What does the middle ear do? - Answer- -it matches the impedance diff. b/t air and fluids/...

VCE Psychology Unit 2 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Sensation - Correct Answer ️️ -the physical Detection and response to sensory information vie sensory receptors. Perception - Correct Answer ️️ -The cognitive detection of stimuli. assigning meaning to incoming sensory information. Reception - Correct Answer ️️ -The process of detecting and responding to incoming sensory information. Receptive field - Correct Answer ️️ -The area of space in which a sensory receptor can...

VCE Psychology Unit 2 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Sensation - Correct Answer ️️ -the physical Detection and response to sensory information vie sensory receptors. Perception - Correct Answer ️️ -The cognitive detection of stimuli. assigning meaning to incoming sensory information. Reception - Correct Answer ️️ -The process of detecting and responding to incoming sensory information. Receptive field - Correct Answer ️️ -The area of space in which a sensory receptor can...