382: Stress and Perception (Some things that will be on Exam 1)

1. Senses
1. All senses transduce stimulus energy into neural impulses
2. All senses are more sensitive to change than to constant stimulation
3. All sense provide us with adaptive information about the world
4. How are senses alike and how are they different?
1. Different
1. Each sense taps a different form of stimulus energy
2. Each sense sends the information it extracts to a different part of the brain
3. Questions from the slides:
1. Different senses give us different sensations mainly because...
1. B (I didn't get the answer written quick enough but it should be on the slides)
2. What do all these forms of sensation have in common: vision, hearing, taste, smell, pain, equilibrium, and body position?
1. C - they all are conveyed to the brain in the form of nerve signals