PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If you move your watchband up your inch or so, you will feel it only for a few moments. This best illustrates:
A
parallel processing
B
accommodation
C
sensory adaptation
D
Weber’s Law
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -signal detection. If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so, you will feel it for only a few moments. This best illustrates Answer parallel processing.

Detailed explanation-2: -diminishing sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus. Sensory adaptation helps us to focus our attention on what kind of stimuli? accommodation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tibial nerve innervation enables you to move your leg, foot and toes. Innervation also makes it possible to sense: Body positioning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why is it that after wearing shoes for a while, you cease to notice them (until questions like this draw your attention back to them)? ANSWER: The shoes provide constant stimulation. Thanks to sensory adaptation, we tend to focus primarily on changing stimuli.

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