Week 1-2 Vocab

Question 1

Introspection (noun)

Answer 1

an examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings

Question 2

Cognitive (adj)

Answer 2

of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)

Question 3

Consciousness (noun)

Answer 3

The upper level of mental life of which the person is aware as contrasted with unconscious processes

Question 4

Subconscious (noun)

Answer 4

the mental activities just below the threshold of consciousness

Question 5

Perspective (noun)

Answer 5

the interrelation in which a subject or its parts are mentally viewed

Question 6

Genetics (noun)

Answer 6

the genetic makeup and phenomena of an organism, type, group, or condition

Question 7

Evolution (noun)

Answer 7

the process of working out or developing

Question 8

Stimulus (noun)

Answer 8

something that triggers an activity (physical or behavioral change)

Question 9

Spatial (adj)

Answer 9

of relating to, or involved in the perception of relationships (as of objects) in space

Question 10

Sensation (noun)

Answer 10

a mental process (such as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process

Question 11

Subliminal (adj)

Answer 11

existing or functioning below the threshold of consciousness

Question 12

Perception (noun)

Answer 12

a mental image

Question 13

Receptor (noun)

Answer 13

a cell or group of cells that receives stimuli

Question 14

Adaptation (noun)

Answer 14

adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation