Chapter 7&8 revision

The visual sensory system consists of:

• Parts of the eyes

• Neural pathways

• Areas of the brain

• Tongue

The way we perceive objects is determined by:

• Our emotional state

• Learning and past experience

• Our expectations and attitudes about what we see

• All the above

_______ refers to the process by which we give meaning to sensory information.

________ is the process by which our sensory receptors and sense organs detect and respond to sensory information that stimulates them.

Which of the following sequences has perceptual processes in the correct order?

• Reception, interpretation, transmission.

• Transmission, interpretation, transduction.

• Reception, transduction, transmission

• Interpretation, transmission, reception

Where are the taste receptors located?

• Taste buds

• Papillae

• Tastants

• Cranial nerve

Which of the following is a depth cue for visual perception?

• Proximity

• Similarity

• Accommodation

• Closure

When we have difficulty separating a figure from the background in a picture or in an everyday setting, it is most likely due to an inability to:

• Use linear perspective

• Use monocular cues

• Use retinal desparity

• Perceive the contour lines which belong to the figure

The correct sequence of the pathway of light through the eye and eventually to the brain in another form is:

• Cornea, iris, pupil, retina, lens, visual cortex.

• Pupil, iris, lens, retina, optic nerve, visual cortex

• Cornea, pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve, visual cortex.

• Pupil, lens, retina, fovea, optic nerve, visual cortex.

The five basic tastes consist of:

• Sweet, bitter, salty, spicy, umami

• Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami

• Sour, bitter, salty, umami, plain

• Sweet, sour, salty, umami, spicy