Define Sensory Adaptation and Describe How It Occurs in a Pacinian

question 33

Essay

Define sensory adaptation and describe how it occurs in a Pacinian corpuscle.

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Definitions:

Bystander Effect

An occurrence within social psychology where individuals become hesitant to help someone in distress if there are other witnesses present.

Assumed

Something that is taken for granted or accepted as true without proof or demonstration.

Diffusion Of Responsibility

The feeling among bystanders at an emergency that the responsibility for helping is shared by the group, making each person feel less compelled to act than if he or she alone bore the total responsibility.

Darley And Latané

Psychologists known for their research on the bystander effect, illustrating how individual responsibility is diluted in the presence of others.