What Is a Sensation

question 43

Multiple Choice

What is a sensation?

• A)a response of a sensory receptor
• B)a response of a sensory organ
• C)a subjective awareness of a stimulus
• D)an unconscious response to a stimulus
• E)a response to any conscious stimulus

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Definitions:

Mnemonics

Memory tools or strategies used to enhance recall through associations among easy-to-remember constructs.

Infantile Amnesia

The inability of adults to recall autobiographical memories from early childhood, typically before the age of three or four.

Hippocampus

A key region of the brain involved in memory formation, organization, and retrieval.

Encoding

The process by which information is transformed into formats that can be stored in memory.