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Psych Quiz Ch. 8

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________ what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor. Sensation.
The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences is called... Perception.
The study of the relationships between sensory experiences and the physical stimuli that cause them is __________. Psychophysics.
This is the weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time. Absolute thrreshold.
The smallest change in a physical stimulus that can be dectected between 2 stimuli. Difference threshold.
The principle for any change in a stimulus to be detected, a constant proportion of that stimulus must be added or subtracted. Weber's Law.
The study of people's tendencies to make correct judgements in detecting the presence of stimuli is called... Signal-Detection Theory.
The sense of movement and body position is called _______. Kinesthesis.
The experience that comes from organizing bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes is called... Gestalt.
The ability to discriminate properly between a figure and its background is called... Figure-Ground Perception.
Brief auditory or visual messages that are presented below the absolute threshold are... Subliminal Messages.
The tendency to perceive certain objects in the same way regardless of changing angle, distance, or lighting. Constancy.
An ability to gain information by some means other than the ordinary senses. Extrasensory Perception (ESP).
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