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UVA PSYCHOLOGY SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+
+ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (139)
face validity the extent to which a test item appears to fit the
particular trait it is measuring
without perception, there is no behaviour
perception is the psychological process of
selecting, organizing and interpreting
stimuli from the environment
stimulus activates receptors
what is the role of receptors activate
perception/ how does the nervous
it work system sends
information to
the brain
results in sensations
nerve cells always involved
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a neuron sends information through axon
end points of axon connect to
another neuron to transfer
information in the connection
points information is transmitted
through the use of
neurotransmitters
stimulus a signal to which an organism responds
neurons nerve cell; a cell that can send and receive
electrical signals
a molecule that binds to a receiving cell,
causing an increase or decrease of
electrical potential of the cell.
neurotransmitters it enhances or inhibits the transmission of a signal
to the next neuron
they allow for ions to pass into the cell,
changing its electrical potential to
facilitate/enhance or inhibit signal
transmission
signal transmission axon terminals release of
neurotransmitter
therefore
neurotransmitters are
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involved
receptors (the parts of the cell membrane that receive
beginning of the neurotransmitter and initiate or
sensations) prevent a new electric signal
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activity in the nervous system,
transformed and prolongated to the
the brain/ cerebral brain to make sense of what we are
cortex (the end of doing
sensations)
cerebral cortex is the outer layer of the
brain, there are many neurons to process
information
frontal lobe, parietal
lobe, occipital lobe,
parts of the cerebral temporal lobe,
cortex cerebellum
transduction transition from a stimulus to electrical activity in
the nervous system
what are the senses taste hearing vision
where transduction
occurs in special cells
which then activate
neurons
what are the senses pain smell touch
where transduction
occurs in the
neurons
hearing sound waves or vibrations of air causes waves in
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UVA PSYCHOLOGY SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+
+ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (139)
face validity the extent to which a test item appears to fit the
particular trait it is measuring
without perception, there is no behaviour
perception is the psychological process of
selecting, organizing and interpreting
stimuli from the environment
stimulus activates receptors
what is the role of receptors activate
perception/ how does the nervous
it work system sends
information to
the brain
results in sensations
nerve cells always involved
1/41
,7/21/25, 8:14
PM
a neuron sends information through axon
end points of axon connect to
another neuron to transfer
information in the connection
points information is transmitted
through the use of
neurotransmitters
stimulus a signal to which an organism responds
neurons nerve cell; a cell that can send and receive
electrical signals
a molecule that binds to a receiving cell,
causing an increase or decrease of
electrical potential of the cell.
neurotransmitters it enhances or inhibits the transmission of a signal
to the next neuron
they allow for ions to pass into the cell,
changing its electrical potential to
facilitate/enhance or inhibit signal
transmission
signal transmission axon terminals release of
neurotransmitter
therefore
neurotransmitters are
2/41
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PM
involved
receptors (the parts of the cell membrane that receive
beginning of the neurotransmitter and initiate or
sensations) prevent a new electric signal
3/41
, 7/21/25, 8:14
PM
activity in the nervous system,
transformed and prolongated to the
the brain/ cerebral brain to make sense of what we are
cortex (the end of doing
sensations)
cerebral cortex is the outer layer of the
brain, there are many neurons to process
information
frontal lobe, parietal
lobe, occipital lobe,
parts of the cerebral temporal lobe,
cortex cerebellum
transduction transition from a stimulus to electrical activity in
the nervous system
what are the senses taste hearing vision
where transduction
occurs in special cells
which then activate
neurons
what are the senses pain smell touch
where transduction
occurs in the
neurons
hearing sound waves or vibrations of air causes waves in
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