Sensation and Perception TEST

Weakest amount of a stimulus that people can detect half the time

• just noticeable difference

• difference threshold

• absolute threshold

Smallest change in a stimulus that can be detected between two stimuli

• difference threshold

• absolute threshold

• sensation

Alice is eating a piece of fruit. After a while, she notices that the fruit tastes less sweet and tangy than it did when she first bit into it. Alice is experiencing ____.

• habituation
• accommodation
• sensory adaptation
• subliminal perception

Almost half the birds in the yard were brown cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals, so Jimmy perceived them as two distinct groups of birds. This best illustrates the principle of:

• connectedness
• similarity
• closure
• relative clarity

The cones of the eye help us see

• color
• low light
• black and white
• ice cream

Depth cues that only require one require one eye are

• Binocular Cue
• Trichronocular Cue
• Monocular Cue
• Single Vision Transparency

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic tastes?    

• sweet
• salty
• umami
• bland

The tendency to organize stimuli into smooth, uninterrupted patterns is called    

• closure
• continuity
• similarity
• proximity

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