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In physiology, a stimulus is a detectable change in the internal or external environment. The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli is called sensitivity.

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What is the other meaning of stimuli?

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What is the meaning Stimulus?

A stimulus causes an action or response, like the ringing of your alarm clock if you didn't sleep through it.


Sentence with the word stimulus?

Stimuli is the plural of "stimulus," and would be defined as: something that affects another thing, or causes a reaction to that other "thing" An example of "stimuli" in a sentence would be: "The use of various stimuli in the experiment were observed to cause pain reactions in the test subjects."


What is the difference between stimulus generalization and stimulus discrimination?

A stimulus is an action or procedure used to gain a suitable response.A stimulus generalisation is when the stimulus can be generalised to a similar stimulus and still gain the same response.Example, A bell rings at a certain tone and a dog salivates, if the bell rang at a higher or lower tone the dog may still salivate. SO therefore have a generalised stimulus.A stimulus discrimination is when the participant can discriminate between stimulus ad therefore weaken the effect of the stimulus on the required response.Example, A dog is given increasingly different sounding bells from the original meaning the stimulus will have a decreased effect and eventually will not the response at all.


How do you spell stimulus?

'Stimulus' is the correct spelling.


What does perservation?

Perservative is derived from the word perseverate meaning "repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus." Syed Noor


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 does perservative mean?

Perservative is derived from the word perseverate meaning "repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus." Syed Noor


What does perservatives mean?

Perservative is derived from the word perseverate meaning "repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus." Syed Noor