4.4 - Sense Modalities
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Practice Questions
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What are the five external senses?
💡 Hint: Think of the senses you use daily.
What is the term for the minimum intensity needed to notice a stimulus?
💡 Hint: This relates to how low a sound can be before you hear it.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What do we call the minimum intensity of a stimulus required to detect its presence?
💡 Hint: Consider the softest sound you can hear.
True or False: Sustained attention refers to the ability to focus on a task for a short period of time.
💡 Hint: Think about activities that require prolonged concentration.
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Consider a scenario where a person has a high tolerance to pain. Discuss how this might affect their absolute and difference thresholds compared to someone with a low pain tolerance.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how comfort levels and experiences affect sensory perceptions.
Design a brief experiment to test the effects of distraction on selective attention using visual stimuli. What factors would you measure and what results would you expect?
💡 Hint: Consider what types of distractions affect focus while viewing images.
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