Sensory+Receptors

= = = Definition: = Highly specialized cells in the sense organs that detect and respond to one type of sensory stimulus--light, sound, or odor, for example--and transduce (convert) the stimuli into neural impulses. Gen Psych, CH 3, pp. 72

= Examples: = An example of a sensory receptor could be like a metal detector when metal trys to go through it, and it goes off cause it has detected metal.

an example of a sensory receptor is the specialized cells in the sense organs

= Analogies: = an analogy for a sensory receptor could be the other sense, like the sense of smell is a sensory receptor and sight could be a sensory receptor.

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