For college football teams, scholarships are currency. Thereâs a clear relationship between a teamâs recruiting success and its on-field performance, and in the wake of the sanctions, Miami was unable to recruit as effectively as it had during the early 1990s.2.
Distal Stimulus: A distant stimulus, as opposed to the proximal, or near, stimulus. An object, such as a tree, which reflects light waves, is a distal stimulus with respect to the eye. Proximal Stimulus: A near stimulus that acts directly on an aspect of the nervous system.
In behaviorism and related stimulusâresponse theories, a stimulus constitutes the basis for behavior, whereas it constitutes the basis for perception in perceptual psychology.n this context, a distinction is made between the distal stimulus (the external, perceived object) and the proximal stimulus (the stimulation of sensory organs). In contemporary experimental psychology the term stimulus is usually used to describe the event or object to which a response is measured.