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Sensation the initial process of detecting and encoding environmental energy Perception the process of organizing and interpreting sensations into meaningful experiences Absolute Threshold the smallest amount of stimulus energy necessary for an observer to reliably detect a stimulus Receptive Field the area on a receptive surface which, when stimulated, changes the firing rate of the cell Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies (D of SNE) the quality of the sensation elicited depends pri...

Sensation the initial process of detecting and encoding environmental energy Perception the process of organizing and interpreting sensations into meaningful experiences Absolute Threshold the smallest amount of stimulus energy necessary for an observer to reliably detect a stimulus Receptive Field the area on a receptive surface which, when stimulated, changes the firing rate of the cell Doctrine of Specific Nerve Energies (D of SNE) the quality of the sensation elicited depends pri...

1. Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as? 2. Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply 3. Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway causing which of the fol- lowing effects? 4. Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral effects by blocking which of the following receptors? 5. The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome charac- terized by speci...

1. Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as? 2. Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply 3. Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway causing which of the fol- lowing effects? 4. Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral effects by blocking which of the following receptors? 5. The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome charac- terized by speci...

1. Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as? 2. Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply 3. Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway causing which of the fol- lowing effects? 4. Phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine exert their unique behavioral effects by blocking which of the following receptors? 5. The diagnosis used to describe a syndrome charac- terized by specific s/s resultin...