Sensation and Perception

What is Sensation?

• 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 perceive different things

• how we interpret the information from the external world

• how we sense things from the external world

Absolute threshold refers to

• The maximum stimulation required to say anything

• minimum usage of sense organs

• The minimum stimulation necessary to detect a particular stimulus

What is Signal Detection theory?

• Ability to detect various sounds and colors

• Ability to focus on one stimulus and ignore others

• Ability to see traffic signals

Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary sensory experiences that make up taste?

• Sweet

• Umami

• Bitter

• Spicy

• Sour

Smell is transmitted to the brain via the.....

• Optic Nerve
• Olfactory Nerve
• Auditory (chochlear nerve)
• Sensory Nerve

Being able to see a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night is an example of

• absolute threshold for human vision

• difference threshold for human vision.

• inattentional blindness

• Weber's Law

Vibration is crucial to which sense?

• sight
• hearing
• smell
• taste

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

• colors

• shapes

• sizes

• distant objects

The coiled, fluid filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called...

• retina

• rods and cones

• olfactory bulb

• cochlea