Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Psychophysics, Retina, Visual Acuity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Sample exam questions: ______ are segments of dna that have instructions to make proteins to regulate every aspect of cellular functioning, genes, observable characteristics produced both by genes and by the environment are referred to as, phenotype. Sensory adaptation: occurs in all our senses, bene cial because it frees our sensory systems to process other information or changes in sensory information (means it has survival value) It means the diminishing sensitivity to a constant stimulus: for example, when a faucet is dripping at rst you hear it a lot then eventually it fades and you don"t notice it anymore. Subliminal stimuli: these stimuli are strong enough to register on our nervous system but they are below the threshold for us to consciously notice them, can they affect our behaviour. Vestibular system/apparatus: also found in the inner ear. Loudness: coding for loudness occurs in two different ways.