If an elderly person thinks that food does not taste as good as it used to, what is the likely reason?

a decline in her or his olfaction

a decline in his or her kinesthetic senses

a decline in his or her cochlea

a decline in his or her vestibular system

can be improved by active involvement with one’s environment.

are always based entirely on current sensory information.

are never influenced by beliefs and expectations.

do not develop in infants until they are about 7 or 8 months of age.

A psychologist studying signal detection theory would be most interested in

how a radio operator distinguishes between blips on a radar screen.

subliminal advertising messages.

the ability of a person to gain information without using the five senses

the minimum amount of light a person can see.

Damage to the olfactory nerve might prevent a person from

feeling the texture of a curtain.

what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor

opening in the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the eye

the tendency to perceive certain objects the same way despite changing conditions

contains light-sensitive receptor cells

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

filling in the gaps in what our senses tell us

what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor

organization of sensory information

Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell.

refers to how the mind process information

refers to how we store information

Perception ca be defined as-

how we interpret the information from the external world

how we perceive different things

how we sense things from the external world

Absolute threshold refers to

The minimum stimulation necessary to detect a particular stimulus

The maximum stimulation required to say anything

What is Signal Detection theory?

Ability to focus on one stimulus and ignore others

Ability to detect various sounds and colors

Top down processing refers to

Top-down processing refers to the use of contextual information in pattern recognition.

refers to the information coming from a height like top of a table

refers to the information coming down from a height

Key elements of gestalt psychology are

Mind seeks to avoid uncertainty

The whole is identified before the parts

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...

altered states of consciousness

If an elderly person thinks that food does not taste as good as it used to, what is the likely reason?

a decline in her or his olfaction

a decline in his or her cochlea/cilia

a decline in his or her kinesthesis/touch

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

The sense of movement and body position

Hearing

Sight

Kinesthesis

Olfaction

Touch

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

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.

perceived threshold for human vision

ratio threshold for human vision

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If an object reflects purple light and absorbs other colors, what color will that object appear to be in daylight to someone with normal color vision?

any color except purple, depending on the object’s density

purple

black or gray

white or gray, depending on the object’s reflectivity

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

Which of the following is true about rods and cones?

There are more cones in the retina than rods.

Rods are photoreceptors, while cones are not

Rods are sensitive to lower levels of light than cones.

Rods are similar to color film and cones are similar to black-and-white film.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is true about rods and cones?

There are more cones in the retina than rods.

Rods are photoreceptors, while cones are not

Rods are sensitive to lower levels of light than cones.

Rods are similar to color film and cones are similar to black-and-white film.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

Vibration is crucial to which sense?

sight

hearing

smell

taste

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Psychology- Sensation and Perception

The sense of movement and body position

Which of the following is a perception?

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

If an object reflects purple light and absorbs other colors, what color will that object appear to be in daylight to someone with normal color vision?

Which of the following is true about rods and cones?

Which of the following is true about rods and cones?

Vibration is crucial to which sense?

If an elderly person thinks that food does not taste as good as it used to, what is the likely reason?

Human perception

A sensation may be combined with other sensations and past experiences to yield a

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