11) In the process known as_____________, sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus. a. sensory fatigue b. subliminal perception c. sensory adaptation d. perceptual defence 12) Zach and David decide to go exploring the forest behind their farm on a cold December day. The fact that they felt much colder when they initially got outdoors than they do five minutes later, despite having not done anything to warm themselves, is known as a. sensory interaction. b. sensory illusion. c. transduction. d. sensory adaptation. 13) Sounds that we hear are converted into electrical signals in neurons through a process called ____________. a. sensory adaptation. b. psychophysics. c. transduction. d. signal detection. 14) The sensitivity of our sensory abilities and systems is demonstrated in our ________ thresholds. a. difference b. absolute c. pain d. psychophysical 15) Which of the following is conceptually similar to the process of transduction? a. Hearing a story from a friend and phoning up another friend to tell them the same story. b. Thinking about what you are going to write in a paper and then typing out your thoughts. c. Taking a picture of a funny sign that you saw on a road trip. d. Forgetting that your sunglasses are on your face because you have been wearing them so long. 16) Activation of our sense receptors is greatest when a. we are prepared to detect a stimulus. b. we notice that the stimulus has been turned off. c. we stop noticing a constant stimulus is present. d. we first detect the presence of a stimulus. 17) _______________ refers to the study of how we perceive sensory stimuli based on their physical characteristics. a. Thresholds b. Adaptation c. Transduction d. Psychophysics 18) Jamica is participating in a psychology experiment, and has been placed in a room that is pitch black. The researcher repeatedly asks Jamica to indicate whether or not she has seen a light stimulus. The researcher is testing Jamica’s a. difference threshold. b. just noticeable difference. c. absolute threshold. d. adaptation threshold. 19) As the number of people talking in a room increases, the stimulus intensity needed to detect a change in the number of people talking becomes a. larger. b. smaller. c. same. d. finer. 20) The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the a. absolute threshold. b. range threshold. c. difference threshold. d. noticeable threshold.