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.
liminal stimulus A stimulus of an intensity such that it just provokes a response that is at threshold. Syn. threshold stimulus. threshold stimulus See liminal stimulus.timulus. adequate stimulus a stimulus of the specific form of energy to which a given receptor is sensitive. aversive stimulus one which, when applied following the occurrence of a response, decreases the strength of that response on later occurrences.