Sensation and Perception Quiz

_____________ is the process of selecting and identifying information from the environment.

• Sensation

• Perception

____________ is the process by which we receive information from the environment.

• Sensation

• Perception

The ability to focus on one stimulus while excluding other stimuli that are present

• Selective attention

• Divided attention

What we perceive is absolute reality.

• True

• False

. Distinguishing between two shades of red is an example of

• absolute threshold

• sensory adaptation

• difference threshold

• afterimage

A person’s vestibular sense helps control

• depth perception

• the process of eyes adjusting to a darkened room

• the perception of pain

• balance

.Which of the following is not part of the skin senses?

• pressure

• smell

• temperature

• pain

The way we perceive objects is determined by

• our emotional state

• our expectations and attitudes about what we see

• learning and past experiences

• all of the above

The sense of taste can be disrupted by

• loss of the sense of smell

• damage to the taste buds' receptor neurons

• damage to hearing or sight

• all of the above

The point at which a change in sensory stimulation is detected is called the

• absolute threshold
• psychological equation
• just noticeable difference 
• Weber effect