Science Question

First, choose your favorite sense (vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell). Write a one-page double-spaced, 12-point font paper answering the following questions:

What are the parts of this sensory system (example: smell has olfactory bulbs; vision includes the retina and rods and cones)?

What is the absolute threshold for the sense you chose?

Why did you choose this sense?

Second, download and complete the attached worksheet.

Week 2 Assignment
1. Choose your favorite sense (vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell). Write a one page double
spaced, 12 point font paper answering the following questions:
a. What are the parts of this sensory system (example: smell has olfactory bulbs; vision
includes the retina and rods and cones)?
b. What is the absolute threshold for the sense you chose?
c. Why did you choose this sense?
d. Bonus – discuss transduction. (May earn up to 3 points; however, the point total may
not exceed 60/60.)
2. Fill in the blanks below for:
a. The Brain
b. The Neuron
c. The Sensory System
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