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Adaption
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Reduction in response caused by a prior stimulation
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Sensory Trandsducer
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receptor that converts physical energy from the enviorment into neuro energy
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Psychophysics
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defining quantitive relationships btw physical and psychological events
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Two-point threshold
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minium distance at which 2 stimuli are perceptable as separate
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difference threshold
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smallest change in a stimulus intensity required to produce a difference in sensation noticeable 50% of the time
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JND(just noticable difference)
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Smallest differece btw 2 stimuli
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Weber's Law
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principle that the JND is a constant fraction of the comparison stimulus
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