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A stimulus is anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change. The plural of stimulus is stimuli.
Stimuli can be external (a patient responds to a medication) or internal (a patient's vital signs change due to a change in a bodily system).
Examples of stimuli include irritants, sights, sounds, heat, cold, smells, or other sensations.
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∙ 12y agoA stimulus is anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change. The plural of stimulus is stimuli.
Stimuli can be external (a patient responds to a medication) or internal (a patient's vital signs change due to a change in a bodily system).
Examples of stimuli include irritants, sights, sounds, heat, cold, smells, or other sensations.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 02/20/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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Is noise an internal stimulus?
It is an external stimulus.
What does an organism react to a stimulus with?
an organism react to a stimulus by its senses
The process in which an animal stops responding to a repetitive stimulus is called?
The process in which an animal stops responding to a repeated stimulus is called habituation. Broadly defined, stimulus results in a reaction.
How are stimulus and response related?
our senses will detect stimulus and send impulse into the integrating centre(brain) to interpret. the brain will produce appropriate response toward the stimulus to the effector. e.g when Telephone ring, the ears will detect the stimulus(sound) and the brain will produce the response to pick up the phone (copy from Yahoo answers)
A peacock spreading its tail to attract a mate is sending a stimulus?
A peacock spreading its tail to attract a mate is sending a(n) _____ stimulus.
Signal to which an organism responds?
stimulus
How do you spell stimulus?
'Stimulus' is the correct spelling.
What is the different between an external stimulus and an internal stimulus?
The difference between an external stimulus and an internal stimulus is that an external stimulus is a stimulus that comes from outside an organism. But an internal stumulus is a stimulus that comes from inside an organism. An example for an external stimulus can be that when you are cold, you put on a jacket. An example for an internal stimulus is that when you feel hungry, you eat food.
What are the four characteristics of a stimulus in stimulus coding?
The characteristics are modality (type of stimulus), intensity (strength of stimulus), duration (length of stimulus), and location (where the stimulus occurred).
What do you call the tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar but not identical to a conditioned stimulus?
Generalization is the tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar but not identical to a conditioned stimulus.
How does a neutral stimulus become a conditioned stimulus?
A neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through a process called classical conditioning. This happens when the neutral stimulus is paired consistently with an unconditioned stimulus that naturally elicits a response. Over time, the neutral stimulus begins to evoke the same response as the unconditioned stimulus, becoming a conditioned stimulus.
What is neutral stimulus?
A neutral stimulus is a stimulus that initially does not elicit a specific response. In classical conditioning, the neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus through repeated pairing, eventually causing the neutral stimulus to elicit the same response as the meaningful stimulus.
Is stimulus a reaction to an internal event?
A stimulus is not a reaction, a stimulus is what causes a reaction.
In positive feedback the initial stimulus produces a response that the stimulus?
exagerrates the stimulus
What can increase a strong stimulus?
threshold stimulus
What is the foreign plural for stimulus?
The foreign plural for "stimulus" is "stimuli."
What is the plural form of word stimulus?
The plural for stimulus is stimuli.
