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Question 1

Sensation

What is Sensation

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How many senses do we have?

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Choice (4)		Response
a.	Four
b.	Five
c.	Ten
d.	Eight

Question 2

Sensation

What is Sensation

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The sensation you experience ultimately depends on which of the following?

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Choice (4)		Response
a.	the particular area of the brain that is activated
b.	the nature of the sensory receptors activated
c.	the pathways traveled by nerve impulses from sensory receptors
d.	the particular processes involved in transduction

Question 3

Sensation

What is Sensation

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When a sensory channel is stimulated, we have a ________.

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Choice (4)		Response
a.	Sensation
b.	Emotion
c.	Feeling
d.	Perception

Question 4

Sensation

What is Sensation

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Information picked up by the body՚s receptor cells is termed

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Choice (4)		Response
a.	sensation.
b.	adaptation.
c.	perception.
d.	cognition

Question 5

Sensation

What is Sensation

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“Part of what we perceive comes through the senses from the object before us; another part ________ always comes ________ out of our own head” is a famous quote of ________.

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Choice (4)		Response
a.	Wertheimer
b.	William James
c.	Wundt
d.	Freud

Question 6

Sensation

What is Sensation

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Appeared in Year: 2013 (UGC)

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Having seen or heard a stimulus once may facilitate our recognizing it on a latter occasion, even if we are not aware that this is happening. This phenomena is referred to as:

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Choice (4)		Response
a.	Recency effect
b.	Practice effect
c.	Primacy effect
d.	Priming effect