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Psychology: Chapter 8
Sensation
Vocabulary
Sensation:
Perception:
Psychophysics:
Absolute Threshold:
Difference Threshold:
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Webers Law:
Signal Detection Theory:
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The Human Senses

Sense

Stimulus

Sense
Organ

Receptor

Eye

Sight

Sound
Waves

Colours,
patterns,
textures,
motions, depth
in space
Hair cells located in inner
ear
Touch, pain,
warmth, cold

Skin
Sensation
Nose

Hair cells of olfactory

membrane.
Flavours
(Sweet, sour,
salty, bitter)

Taste

Mechanical Inner Ear

and
gravitation
al forces

Kinesthesi
s

Sensation

Nerve fibers in muscles,

tendons, and joints.

Short Answer
How does signal-detection theory explain how you may be able to
study while others are watching television in the same room?
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Why do you think we do not respond to all stimuli present in our
environment?
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