Yr 11 Psychology Unit 2: Sense & Perception Practice Quiz

The process by which meaning is given to incoming sensory information

• Perception
• Transmission
• Reception
• Transduction

The area of space in which a sensory receptor can respond to a stimulus or the specific area of sensitivity of a receptor cell where a stimulus will affect its activity

• Sensory Sytem
• Cornea
• Receptive field
• Perceptual System

the totality of the stimuli that impinge on a receptor or an individual at a given time.

• Receptive Field
• Sensory System
• Perceptual System
• Iris

the computational system (biological or artificial) designed to make inferences about properties of a physical environment based on senses.

• Perceptual System
• Transduction
• Sensory System
• Receptive Field

The process of detecting and responding to incoming sensory information

• Trasduction
• Perception
• Reception
• Transmission

the process by which one form of energy is converted into another.

• Reception
• Transmission
• Perception
• Transduction

the act or process of causing something (e.g., a disease) to pass from one place or person to another.

• Transmission
• Perception
• Transmission
• Interpretation

In perception, the process of assigning meaning to incoming sensory information so that it can be understood

• Transduction
• Interpretation
• Reception
• Transmission

the transparent part of the outer covering of the eye, through which light first passes.

• Lens
• Iris
• Rods
• Cornea

Cells that receive and process sensory information

• Cones
• Pupil
• Sensory Receptors
• Rods