Sensation & Perception

Which of the following is a perception?

• noting a change in temperature

• hearing an increase in volume

• recognizing an object as a car

• viewing a decrease in brightness

Being able to see a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night is the

• absolute threshold for human vision

• difference threshold for human vision

• ratio threshold for human vision

• bionic threshold for human vision

Vibration is crucial to which sense?

• hearing

• sight

• smell

• taste

A woman without sensory adaptation would

• not see different colors

• be continuously bothered by street noises outside her house

• find it impossible to distinguish light and sound waves

• not be able to distinguish between hot and cold sensations

Problems with the vestibular system would likely cause a person to

• not recognize shapes or colors

• stumble or fall

• fail to identify sound locations

• not be bothered by touching hot objects

If we did not have cones in our eyes, we would not see

• colors

• shapes

• sizes

• distant objects

You see the Statue of Liberty several times as you tour Manhattan. From all angles you know the approximate size of the statue. This is called

• closure

• interposition

• constancy

• convergence

Juan's bag of marbles is twice as heavy as Beth's. If it takes 5 extra marbles to make Beth's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra marbles to make Juan's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates

• absolute threshold

• difference threshold

• sensory adaptation

• closure

Our sense of the position and movement of individual body parts is called

• kinethesis

• perception

• sensation

• retinal disparity

The "floating finger sausage" represents which concept?

• sensory adaptation

• difference threshold

• retinal disparity

• hallucinations