Sensation/Perception Review Game

Sensory adaptation can be defined as:

• The relationship between the intensity of a physical stimulus, such as noise, and the psychological effect of the stimulus.

• Diminished sensitivity as a result of repeated stimulation.

• The perception of stimuli below conscious awareness.

• The unconscious activation of associations that are linked with memories.

The difference threshold is the minimum difference that a person can detect:

• In a dark environment.

• Between any two stimuli 50 percent of the time.

• In a quiet environment.

• In a loud environment.

Susan asked her roommate to lower the radio as she was trying to study. Her roommate had turned the radio up originally from a volume level of 14 to 15 which was just enough for Susan to detect. She turned it back down to 14 after Susan asked her to lower it. This is probably the result of:

• Absolute threshold.

• Prosopagnosia.

• The difference threshold.

• Sensory adaptation

Information processing is guided by higher-level mental processes such as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations. This process is called:

• Signal detection.

• Top-down processing

• Bottom-up processing

• Psychophysics

A candle flame can be seen up to thirty miles away. This is an example of a/an...

• Absolute threshold

• Perceptual set

• Sensory adaptation

• Signal detection

You open your eyes in the morning to see flowers by your bedside. At that point, your eyes are receiving light energy, which they change into neural messages for the brain to process. This conversion of one form of energy into another is called:

• Transliteration

• Transduction

• Opponent-process

• Retinal transformation

The retina's central focal point is the ______________, which contains only cones, no rods.

• Lens

• Optic nerve

• Cornea

• Fovea

Vision is to ____ Transduction while Hearing is to ____ Transduction

• Photo; Acoustic

• Picture; Audio

• Acoustic; Photo

• Audio, Picture

True or False: People can adequately multi-task and give 100% focus on two things at once (ex: Texting & Driving or Talking and Listening)

• True

• False

The fact that you can filter out some things and focus on others:

• Perceptual Set

• Selective Attention

• Inattentional Blindness

• Change Blindness