Psychology - Perception Quiz

Which of the following is not one of the five senses?

• Taste

• Touch

• Smell

• Thought

What is the name for the process by which our brain selects, organizes, and interprets sensory information?

• Perception

• Attention

• Sensation

• Adaptation

What is the smallest amount of stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time?

• Difference Threshold

• Absolute threshold

• Weber's Law

• Sensory Adaption

Which of the following best describes the relationship between sensation and perception?

• Sensation is the interpretation of sensory information; perception is the detection of sensory information.

• Sensation and perception are the same thing.

• Sensation is the detection of sensory information; perception is the interpretation of sensory information.

• Sensation and perception have no relationship.

What is the name for the phenomenon where people tend to perceive incomplete or ambiguous information as complete and whole?

• Figure-ground relationship

• Closure

• Proximity

• Similarity

What is the Gestalt principle of similarity?

• Objects that are near each other are perceived as a group.

• Objects that are similar to each other are perceived as a group.

• Objects that are small are perceived as far away.

• Objects that are moving are perceived as closer than stationary objects.

What is the name for the distance between two points on the skin that can be detected as two distinct stimuli?

• Difference threshold

• Absolute threshold

• Weber's law

• Sensory adaptation

Which of the following is a monocular depth cue?

• Retinal disparity

• Convergence

• Interposition

• Binocular summation

What is the name for the phenomenon where people tend to group similar objects together in visual perception?

• Closure

• Proximity

• Similarity

• Continuity

What is the name for the process by which sensory receptors adapt to constant stimuli by becoming less sensitive to them?

• Sensory adaptation

• Sensory processing

• Sensory transduction

• Sensory integration