AP Psych Sensation & Perception
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This quiz comprehensively covers sensation and perception, a fundamental unit in high school Advanced Placement Psychology coursework designed for grades 11-12. The questions systematically address the physiological mechanisms of sensory systems, beginning with basic anatomical structures of the eye and ear, progressing through sensory transduction processes, and culminating in complex perceptual phenomena. Students must demonstrate mastery of vision (including rod and cone functions, color theories, and visual processing pathways), audition (encompassing sound wave transmission, cochlear mechanics, and pitch perception theories), and other sensory modalities including olfaction, gustation, and the vestibular system. The assessment requires understanding of key principles such as absolute and difference thresholds, Weber's Law, sensory adaptation, and signal detection theory. Additionally, students must grasp perceptual organization concepts including Gestalt principles, depth perception cues, attention phenomena like inattentional blindness and change blindness, and the distinction between bottom-up and top-down processing. This quiz was created by a classroom teacher who designed it for students studying AP Psychology in grades 11-12. The comprehensive nature of this assessment makes it highly versatile for multiple instructional purposes throughout the sensation and perception unit. Teachers can deploy sections as daily warmups to activate prior knowledge, assign the complete quiz as homework to reinforce classroom learning, or utilize it as a thorough review tool before the AP exam. The varied question complexity allows for differentiated formative assessment, enabling teachers to identify specific areas where students need additional support. The quiz effectively prepares students for AP Psychology Exam success by mirroring the content depth and question styles they will encounter. This assessment aligns with College Board standards for AP Psychology, specifically addressing Learning Objectives 3.1 through 3.8, which cover sensory mechanisms, perceptual processes, and the interaction between biological and cognitive factors in human sensation and perception.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.
light/ color
color/ light
monochromat/ dichromat
dichromat/ monochromat
lens/ iris
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What sense helps maintain balance?
Vestibular
Kinesthetic
Proprioception
Audition
Olfaction
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The specialized cells in each of the sense organs that collect information to send to the brain are called...
sensory cells
sensory nuerons
bipolar cells
ganglion cells
sensory receptors
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The phenomenon of color constancy best demonstrates that...
an object's perceived color is influenced by its surrounding objects
the retina has three types of color receptors
the brain processes information about color and shape simultaneously
quivering eye movements help to maintain the perception of color
color vision depends on pairs of opposing retinal processes
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Almost half the birds in the tree outside Brian's window were brown and the rest were red, so Brian perceived them as two different groups of birds. This best illustrates...
proximity
closure
similarity
connectedness
disparity
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The area of the brain that receives information from the nose is directly connected to the limbic system, rather than relayed first through the thalamus. This connection may explain why smells are often involved in...
pain sensations
altered states of consciousness
subliminal messages
vivid memories
retinal disparity
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The classic gate-control theory suggests that pain is experienced when small nerve fibers activate and open a neural gate in the...
basilar membrane
spinal cord
semicircular canal
olfactory bulbs
fovea
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