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A stimulus is a DETECTECTABLE change in the environment.

e.g. light is a stimulus to an animal or plant if it can detect the light with a sensing eye or chemical

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Examples of stimulus and response?

stimulus: spilling water on yourself response: jumping up out or your chair in shock


Light heat and other things that produce a response are examples of?

Stimulus?


Which is not a major type of stimulus that triggers endocrine glands to manufacture and release hormones?

One type of stimulus that does not trigger endocrine glands to release hormones is mechanical stimulation. Examples of major types of stimulus include chemical signals, neural signals, and hormonal signals.


What is a plant's movement away from or toward a stimulus?

Tropism is the movement of a plant away from or toward a stimulus. The most easily found example of tropism is a plant's response to light. Plants tend to grow toward the light. This tendency is called 'phototropism'.


What are examples of stimulus reaction in plants?

Examples of stimulus reaction in plants include phototropism (response to light), gravitropism (response to gravity), thigmotropism (response to touch), and hydrotropism (response to water). These responses allow plants to adapt to their environment and optimize their growth and survival.


What is an example of a neutral stimulus?

A neutral stimulus is a stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention. Examples of a neutral stimulus is a song, an animal, or a flower. If a person that you love gives you a specific flower, creating a pleasant memory, every time you see or smell this specific flower, it brings pleasant memories of that person.


How do organisms react to a stimulus?

Practically anything can be a stimulus, so organisms can respond to them in just about any way. The definition of 'stimulus' and 'response' are a little paradoxical in this context in that a stimulus is anything that provokes a response and a response is anything done to react to a stimulus. Perhaps some examples will make it clearer: if a predator grasps a lizard's tail (stimulus) it will detach the tail and escape (response). If the weather is excessively hot (stimulus), a plant will close the stomata in its leaves to conserve water (response). If a laboratory mouse notices a new object in its cage (stimulus), it will go investigate it (response).


How do you spell stimulus?

'Stimulus' is the correct spelling.


What are two examples of a stimulus response reaction?

The knee jerk and touching something hot or sharp and moving your hand away quickly.


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.