chemicals wafting through the air that activate olfactory neurons in your nose is ___, whereas interpreting the response of the olfactory neurons as smelling like apple pie is ___.
sensation; perception
Dualism is the idea that ___
the mind has an existence separate from the body
materialism is the notion that
physical matter is the only reality
the idea that all matter has consciousness is known as
panpsychism
___ is the science of defining quantitative relationships between physical and psychological events.
Psychophysics
Absolute threshold is the minimum amount of stimulation necessary for a person to detect a stimulus ___% of the time
50
the method of __ requires the random presentation of many stimuli, ranging from rarely to almost always perceivable, one at a time
constant stimuli
the method of ___ requires the observer to alter the strength of a stimulus until it matches some criterion
adjustment
Signal detection theory consists of ___.
signal and noise
Tight airport security. If a traveler even jokes about a bomb, they are detained and questioned to ensure that no real terrorist threat succeeds. In terms of signal detection theory, airport security would rather have a _____ than a ______.
false alarm; miss