Diminished Sensitivity to an Unchanging Stimulus Is Known as

question 80

Multiple Choice

Diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus is known as

• A) priming.
• B) prosopagnosia.
• C) sensory adaptation.
• D) transduction.

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Definitions:

"Blank Slate"

The theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content, and that all knowledge comes from experience or perception.

Genetic Inheritance

The process through which genes and traits are passed down from parents to their offspring, determining various physical and sometimes behavioral characteristics.

Nature and Nurture

The debate concerning the relative contributions of genetic inheritance (nature) and environmental factors (nurture) to human development.

Locke

Refers to John Locke, a 17th-century English philosopher who proposed the theory of Tabula Rasa, suggesting that individuals are born without built-in mental content and that all knowledge comes from experience and perception.