PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A person’s diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus is known as ____
A
accomodation
B
parallel processing
C
sensory adaptation
D
transduction
E
sensory equilibrium
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sensory adaptation is the diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus. After constant exposure to a stimulus, our nerve cells. fire less frequently.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sensory adaptation, also known as neural adaptation, occurs due to changes in the neural receptor cells that receive and process sensory information. Research suggests that sensory adaptation occurs in multiple stages of perceptual processing. 1. This change can occur slowly or quickly.

Detailed explanation-3: -decreased sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus is known as. transduction.

Detailed explanation-4: -Desensitization: the type of sensory adaptation in which we become less sensitive to constant stimuli. also known as negative adaptation.

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