chemicals wafting through the air that activate olfactory neurons in your nose is ___, whereas interpreting the response of the olfactory neurons as smelling like apple pie is ___.

sensation; perception

Dualism is the idea that ___

the mind has an existence separate from the body

materialism is the notion that

physical matter is the only reality

the idea that all matter has consciousness is known as

panpsychism

___ is the science of defining quantitative relationships between physical and psychological events.

Psychophysics

Absolute threshold is the minimum amount of stimulation necessary for a person to detect a stimulus ___% of the time

50

the method of __ requires the random presentation of many stimuli, ranging from rarely to almost always perceivable, one at a time

constant stimuli

the method of ___ requires the observer to alter the strength of a stimulus until it matches some criterion

adjustment

Signal detection theory consists of ___.

signal and noise

Tight airport security. If a traveler even jokes about a bomb, they are detained and questioned to ensure that no real terrorist threat succeeds. In terms of signal detection theory, airport security would rather have a _____ than a ______.

false alarm; miss