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    Four Sensory Experiments

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    This assignment called for me to pick three out of four sensory experiments to conduct and then record my reaction to each experiment. The three experiments I chose to conduct are number one- the sandpaper experiment‚ number three- the index cards and flashlight experiment and number four- the water in bowls experiment. While conducting each of these three experiments I was surprised by the results of each of them. Experiment Number One: I rubbed my finger on the piece of coarse sandpaper and

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    One of the sections in the chapter that really stuck out to me was sensory adaptation. I learn how the body adapts naturally to its environment thought the five senses. I have some friends that I know and they are not the cleanest people or the best groom but are good people. The first time I enter into their home I smell a very musty odor like a Pet. My first thought about them about people that they were dirty individual that did not have any home training. The more I when over I didn’t smell anything;

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    Tests in Sensory Science

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    is used for descriptive test in sensory science. Z-Test is preferred under these conditions such as when data points are independent from each other‚ variance should be same‚ equal chance of being selected‚ n is greater then 30 and individual must be randomly selected from population. ANOVA Test is a collection of statistical models used to analyze the differences between group means and their associated procedures. This test is used for difference test in sensory science. Nonparametric tests

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    Sensory Case Study

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    Nursing Fundamentals Case Study-Sensory Directions Please read the case study. Scenario/Prompt Case Study- Sensory You are the nurse at a local assisted living center. Your client is Mrs. S.‚ an 84-year old female client. She wears eyeglasses with bifocal lenses and hearing aid in her left ear. She walks with a shuffling gait‚ using a cane for support. She wears house slippers and housedress. Mrs. S. states "My doctor says I should have my eyes looked at by an expert. It’s been a while

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    Extra Sensory Perception

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    Extra Sensory Perception Jessica O’Keefe Social Studies Department Vernon Township High School Presented to Mr. Chorney Vernon Township High School Psychology CP 5 January 2015 Everybody has heard about the five senses; sight‚ smell‚ sound‚ touch and taste. But some people believe that they have a sixth sense which is known as the extra sensory perception (ESP). “Scientists and anthropologists agree that ancient humans had much more highly developed sensory perception than we do.” (Browne

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    David Goldberg Mr. Bailin English 4/13/14 Seeing Isn’t Always Believing Seeing is believing. Or so they say. When you see a woman crossing the street with her recently groomed poodle‚ do you question if she is actually there? When you hear your mom calling your name from across the apartment‚ do you question if she is actually calling you? Well‚ 61% of the Western Hemisphere has the luxury of not questioning reality. However‚ the other 39% experience hallucinations monthly‚ weekly‚ or even

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    Rachel Lunn Ms. Barnes 9th Grade World History 18 November 2013 The Story of Huā Mùlán As humans‚ we gather information by the things we see‚ the things we hear and the people and places that surround us‚ but what if the things that surround us were inaccurate? We would have false knowledge and information‚ but wouldn’t know any different. If the things we watch made us believe the wrong things how would that affect our society? In some cases it could make a big difference but in other cases

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    History 122 – American History to 1877 Jason Dickson Historical Movie Review: The Patriot The movie‚ The Patriot‚ is the story of a South Carolina plantation owner‚ Benjamin Martin‚ who leads a local militia against British troops in the South during the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Martin‚ who is a widower with six children and a veteran of the French and Indian War‚ wants nothing to do with the war until a brutal British Colonel‚ William Tavington‚ kills one of his sons

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    Sensory Test Method

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    Sensory Test Method discrimination/Difference Test Ranking Scaling Consumer preference tests Difference tests Ranking Scaling Discrimination/Difference tests Difference tests are the simplest and most sensitive form of product testing They are used to determine: whether or not a difference in some specific attribute exists between two samples if one sample is preffered to another Hoewer‚ cannost be used to determine how large is the difference or preference between samples Application

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    Sensory and Messy Play

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    Sensory and Messy Play While we all process information through our five senses‚ babies and toddlers rely on their sense of touch – and often taste – to gain insight into the world around them. As their language skills aren’t as developed young children learn about things by exploring not by asking. Benefits of sensory/messy play: • Messy play offers children a chance for real self-expression because there is no “right” answer. Materials can be worked and reworked endlessly‚ meaning a child

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