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If you put light in an animal's eye it will react by shutting it's eyes, covering it's eyes or in any other way it would usually respond.

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An example of external stimuli in social care?

An example is the pineal gland responding to reduced daylight by the increase of the production of melatonin.Hope this help :)


What are three main function of the nervous system and give an example of each.?

Sensory function: Detecting and responding to stimuli from the environment. Example: Feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin. Integration function: Processing and interpreting sensory information. Example: Deciding to pull your hand away from something hot. Motor function: Initiating a response to the sensory input. Example: Moving your hand away from the hot object.


What is the one characteristic that all sensory systems have in common?

All sensory systems share the function of detecting and responding to stimuli from the environment. They convert these stimuli into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the brain to generate a response.


What does it mean to respond to stimuli?

Responding to stimuli means reacting to changes in the environment through a specific action or behavior. Organisms detect and interpret stimuli using their senses, which then triggers a response to help them adapt and survive in their surroundings. This process is essential for organisms to interact with their environment and maintain homeostasis.


4 What does responding to stimuli allow an organism to do?

It allows organisms to react, like when a baby bird chirps to its mother for food, the stimuli automatic response is to react, so the mama bird automatically puts food into the baby birds mouth

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What characterizes a person who is 'out of touch with reality'?

When a person is responding to non-existent stimuli (environment) and/or not responding to existent (present environment) stimuli. In other words, a person is interacting with 'something that is not there' or not interacting with their environment that is definitely present.


An example of external stimuli in social care?

An example is the pineal gland responding to reduced daylight by the increase of the production of melatonin.Hope this help :)


What types of things are living things capable of responding to?

. . . of responding to stimuli.


Why would fungi decline after disappearance of insects?

because its responding to stimuli


Responding or adjusting to factors in the environment is what sign of life?

Response to stimuli.


Example of a internal stimuli?

An internal stimulus is something that stimulates from within. Examples of internal stimuli are hunger, fatigue, disease, hormones, drowsiness and anxiety.


Responding to stimuli that are similar-but not identical-to a conditioned stimulus is call?

Responding to similar stimuli is known as generalization in classical conditioning. This occurs when an organism responds to a stimulus that is similar, but not identical, to the original conditioned stimulus that was paired with an unconditioned stimulus.


What do you mean by a word stimuli?

Stimuli is basically what would initiate the functioning of something. say for example smell of good food makes your mouth water? Here Food is the stimulant which act as a STIMULI for your tongue!


What are three main function of the nervous system and give an example of each.?

Sensory function: Detecting and responding to stimuli from the environment. Example: Feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin. Integration function: Processing and interpreting sensory information. Example: Deciding to pull your hand away from something hot. Motor function: Initiating a response to the sensory input. Example: Moving your hand away from the hot object.


Which type of sensory receptor os responsible for responding to pressure?

Mechanoreceptors are responsible for responding to pressure. They detect mechanical stimuli such as pressure, vibration, and stretch in the body.


What is responding stimuli?

Response to stimuli refers to a response to outside stimuli such as a noise or a smell. It is a term that refers to an organisms ability to respond to the outside environment.


Responding to stimuli that are similar but not identical to a conditioned stimulus is called?

Generalization. This occurs when an organism responds to stimuli that are similar to the original conditioned stimulus that was paired with the unconditioned stimulus.