sensation & perception

Alice is eating a piece of fruit. After a while, she notices that the fruit tastes less sweet and tangy than it did when she first bit into it. Alice is experiencing ____.

• habituation
• accommodation
• sensory adaptation
• subliminal perception

A researcher presents two lights of varying brightness to a subject who is asked to respond "same" or "different" by comparing their intensities. The researcher is seeking the

• just noticeable difference.
• absolute threshold.
• subliminal threshold.
• minimal threshold.

Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.

• encoding; detection
• detection; interpretation
• interpretation; organization
• threshold; transduction

The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.  

• Senstation
• Perception
• Gestalt Awareness
• Sensory organization

If a dog hears a whistle that a person cannot hear, this suggests that dogs and humans have different

• Kinesthesis systems

• Gestalt ratios

• Absolute thresholds

• Vestibular systems

Juan is reading an important letter when he accidentally splashes water on the paper. The water has smudged a few words, but he is still able to understand what the letter says. This can be explained by

• Top down processing

• bottom up processing

• retinal disparity

• parallel processing

An example of Signal Detection Theory is

• Parents may notice their baby’s tiny whimper but not notice the passing of a train

• Being overwhelmed by all of the noises in the house

• A baby refuses to crawl closer to the edge of the stairs

• A baby willingly crawls to the edge of the stairs without fear

While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...

• inattentional blindness

• place theory

• blind spot

• feature detectors

• sensory adaptation

When giving directions to a stranger, you look away for a second and fail to notice that the person you were giving directions to has switched with another person.  This is called:

• Misdirection
• Sensory Adaptation
• Change Blindness
• Choice Blindness

You focused your attention on one particular voice amidst the loudness of all those other voices.

• Cocktail Party Effect

• Inattentional blindness

• Transduction

• Absolute Threshold

• Difference Threshold