psychology

Week 2 Assignment

1. Choose your favorite sense (vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell). Write a one page double spaced, 12 point font paper answering the following questions:

a. What are the parts of this sensory system (example: smell has olfactory bulbs; vision includes the retina and rods and cones)?

b. What is the absolute threshold for the sense you chose?

c. Why did you choose this sense?

d. Bonus – discuss transduction.

2. Fill in the blanks below for:

a. The Brain

b. The Neuron

c. The Sensory System

The Brain:

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The Neuron

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The Nervous System:

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