2019 Psychology - Sensation and Perception

The study of perception is primarily concerned with how we

• sense the environment

• develop a tolerance for pain

• detect sight, sound and taste

• interpret sensory stimuli

The transduction of light energy into nerve impulses take place in the

• lens

• optic nerve

• retina

• iris

The height of the light wave determines its

• amplitude

• volume

• hue

• brightness

A subliminal message is one that is presented

• repetitiously

• with soft background music

• below one's absolute threshold of awareness

• outwardly and consciously

What type of processing refers to how physical characteristics of stimuli influences their interpretation

• Psychological

• Para psychological

• Top Down Processing

• Bottom Up Processing

The size of the pupil is controlled by the

• retina

• cornea

• iris

• lens

The brain breaks vision into separate dimensions such as color, depth, movement and form which work on each aspect simultaneously, the is called

• parallel processing

• accommodation

• opponent processing

• feature detection

The receptor of the eye that functions best in dim light is the

• bipolar cell

• rod

• cone

• lens

People who are unable to recognize faces suffer from a disorder called

• tinnitus

• prosopagnosia

• sensory interaction

• afterimaging

The process by which your ears transform sound waves from the stimulus into neural impulses is called

• parallel processing

• transduction

• umami

• interposition