Short Answer
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What is the name of the process that studies sensation?
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2.
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Explain what the term transduction means as it applies to sensation.
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3.
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What are the five basic senses and the mechanisms that go with each
sense.
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4.
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What is the definition of the term “absolute threshold?”
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5.
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Does subliminal perception work? Support your answer.
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6.
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What is the most essential of the five senses?
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7.
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What are the two kinds of neurons in the retina that see color and black and
white?
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8.
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What structure of the eye is the most sensitive to detail and color?
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9.
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What are hyperopia and myopia?
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10.
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What are the three bones of the middle ear called?
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11.
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What is the function of the semi-circular canals in the inner ear?
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12.
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What is the name of the actual organ that allows us to hear a sound?
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13.
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What is the name of the two theories for how we hear sounds?
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14.
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Explain how we can smell an odor.
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15.
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What are the six skin senses?
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16.
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Where are some of the most sensitive areas of the human body?
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17.
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What sense organ in mammals is used to sense pheromones?
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Essay
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What is the definition for the term absolute threshold and what are the
absolute thresholds for the five senses?
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Describe the process in which light goes into the eye and is converted into
nervous energy and is transmitted to the brain. Be sure to mention the specific parts of the eye
included in each step of the journey.
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Describe the route sound waves must take to go
from the outer ear to be registered in the brain. Be sure to name the structures of the ear which are
relevant to this journey and what each of the structures does.
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21.
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What are the two theories for color vision? Explain one of those
theories.
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22.
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What is adaptation and how does it affect the sense of smell?
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23.
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What are the four kinds of taste that we can
taste?
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24.
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What is the name of the only theory for how we sense odors and smells?
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25.
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What is the name for when a sense becomes tired and fails to work?
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26.
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If a sense input like light is below the level of the absolute threshold, what
is the name of the condition that describes this effect?
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27.
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Explain the concept of selective attention?
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