Sensation and Perception-Test Prep

Smell is transmitted to the brain via the.....

• Optic Nerve
• Olfactory Nerve
• Auditory (chochlear nerve)
• Sensory Nerve

This theory states that we can lessen some pains by shifting our attention away from pain impulses.  

• Pain perception method
• Gate-Control Theory
• Acute sensation deprivation
• Theory of relativity

The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.  

• Senstation
• Perception
• Gestalt Awareness
• Sensory organization

The weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half of the time.  

• Differnce threshold
• Absolute threshold
• Gate threshold
• Subliminal message

This system controls the balance of the body.  

• Vestibular System
• Kinesthetic System
• Vision system
• Internal system

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

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

Although Bill was seated next to his friend, he was able to smell the burning popcorn a full minute earlier than his friend. Bill must have a lower _________ for smell.

• accommodation level

• absolute threshold

• tolerance level

• gustatory saturation level

• adaptation level

If you are expecting an important text message, you are much more likely to notice the sound as soon as the message arrives. This best illustrates...

• priming

• signal detection theory

• difference threshold

• absolute threshold

• Weber's law

Identify the Law

• Law of Similarity

• law of proximity

• Law of continuation