Sensory and Perception

Open Ended

What does the phrase 'Is it all a lie? Can you trust yourself?' suggest about self-perception?

Multiple Choice

What is the process of detecting, converting, and transmitting raw sensory information into neural impulses called?

• Sensation

• Perception

• Transduction

• Recognition

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between Bottom-Up and Top-Down processing in information processing?

• Bottom-Up starts with raw sensory data

• Top-Down starts with higher level cognitive processes

• Bottom-Up is data driven

• Top-Down is based on expectations

Open Ended

What do you see first? Why do you think you see that first?

Multiple Choice

What is an optical illusion?

• A phenomenon where light rays physically change direction

• A trick played on the eyes by mirrors

• A misinterpretation of a visual stimulus by the brain

• An error in a lens or other optical device

Multiple Choice

What is the term for the minimum difference between two stimuli that a subject can detect 50% of the time?

• Absolute Threshold

• Difference Threshold

• Just Noticeable Difference

• Minimum Detection

Multiple Choice

What is the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus called?

• Absolute Threshold

• Difference Threshold

• Just Noticeable Difference

• Minimum Detection

Multiple Choice

What are subliminal stimuli?

• Stimuli detectable 50% of the time

• Stimuli detectable less than 50% of the time

• Stimuli detectable 100% of the time

• Stimuli above absolute threshold

Open Ended

What is sensory adaptation?

Multiple Choice

According to Weber's Law, what is the difference threshold for light intensity?

• 5%

• 8%

• 10%

• 12%

Multiple Choice

What does the Signal Detection Theory predict about detecting a faint stimulus?

• It assumes a single absolute threshold

• It predicts detection based on background noise

• It states that high expectations lead to false negatives

• It explains that detection depends on personal factors

Multiple Choice

What is the term for the tendency of the brain to stop attending to repetitive information?

• Sensory adaptation

• Habituation

• Novel stimuli

• Receptor cells

Open Ended

If we are always using our Eyes Why doesn’t our vision start to disappear?

Multiple Choice

What does the term 'perceptual set' refer to in the context of the images?

• A predisposition to experience one thing and not another

• A method of organizing visual information

• A psychological condition affecting perception

• A type of visual illusion

Multiple Choice

What is the concept illustrated by the three images in relation to perception?

• Perceptual set

• Cognitive dissonance

• Emotional intelligence

• Social perception

Match

What is letter A in the image?

• Iris

• Optic Nerve

• Retina

• Pupil

• Fovea

J

B

C

H

A

• J

• B

• C

• H

• A

​https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4dsXzM

Multiple Choice

The cones of the eye help us see

• color
• low light
• black and white
• ice cream

​https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/after.html

Multiple Choice

most people stare at red square and  shifttheir eyes to white surface, after image of square is

• Blue
• Yellow
• Orange
• Green

Multiple Choice

Afterimages can be explained by the

• opponent-process theory

• trichromatic theory

Multiple Choice

Which type of depth cue relies on the slight differences between the images seen by each eye?

• Monocular depth cues

• Retinal disparity

• Linear perspective

• Light and shadow

Multiple Choice

Which Gestalt principle explains why we perceive incomplete shapes as complete?

• Proximity

• Continuity

• Closure

• Similarity

Multiple Choice

When you see a car drive by, you SIMULTANEOUSLY take in the motion, form, depth, and color. Your brain's ability to MULTITASK like this is called

• parallel processing

• feature detection

• dual processing

• signal detection theory

Multiple Choice

This theory suggests that as pitch rises, the parts of the cochlea, vibrate at that frequency, with nerve impulses in the hairs cells delivering same pitch to auditory nerve.

• place theory

• frequency theory

• cochlea theory

• auditory theory

Multiple Choice

After using ear buds for many years which type of hearing loss is likely to happen?

• conduction

• sensorineural

• basil

• frequency

Poll

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