The detection and encoding of stimulus energies by the nervous system is called:

Related Mcqs:

1. The nervous system is divided into two major divisions, the central nervous system and the ___________ nervous system.

   A. Sympathetic
   B. Peripheral
   C. Autonomic
   D. Parasympathetic

2. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,2 & 4
   D. 4

3. The idea that the amount of change in a stimulus necessary to produce a JND is a constant proportion of the stimulus intensity is called:

   A. James law
   B. The all-or-none principle
   C. The law of diminishing returns
   D. Weber’s law

4. The ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that do not signal an unconditioned stimulus is called __________________?

   A. shaping
   B. acquisition
   C. discrimination
   D. generalization

5. The peripheral nervous system is made up of extensions from the central nervous system known as _____________?

   A. nerves
   B. ganglia
   C. tracts
   D. dendrites

6. The skeletal nervous system is a component of the _____________ nervous system?

   A. peripheral
   B. autonomic
   C. central
   D. sympathetic

7. The nervous coordination involves specialized cells that are linked together directly or via central nervous system to from a network. These are:

   A. Receptors
   B. Neurons
   C. Effectors
   D. All of these

8. The type of the nervous system that transmits signals between the central nervous system and the rest of the body is:

   A. diffused nervous system
   B. Peripheral nervous system
   C. Sensory nervous system
   D. Motor nervous system

9. The somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system comprise the:

   A. peripheral nervous system
   B. central nervous system
   C. afferent nervous system
   D. vascular nervous system

10. When Pavlov repeatedly presented the conditioned stimulus without pairing it with the unconditioned stimulus, the conditioned response failed to occur. This is known as __________________?

    A. condition failure
    B. recovery
    C. extinction
    D. habituation