sensation and perception quiz

What is the largest organ in the human body?

• Liver

• Heart

• Skin

• Brain

The RECEPTOR for the sense of smell is ___.

• Free nerve endings

• Hair cells

• Olfactory nerve endings

• Corpuscles

The RECEPTOR for the human sense of vision

• Vagus nerve

• Cones and Rods

• Nerve endings

• Hair cells

This taste zone of the tongue senses toxins and spoiled food.

• Sweet

• Sour

• Salty

• Bitter

Gate control theory explains that PAIN is felt when is Gate is open in the ______ allowing nerve impulses to reach the Brain.

• epidermis

• Brain Stem

• Spinal Cord

• Hypothalamus

This refers to the PROCESS of converting a physical stimuli (e.g light, vibration) into a neural stimuli.

• Subduction

• Transduction

• Perception

• all of the above

Which of the following statements is TRUE in terms of explaining the occurrence of Blind Spots?

• The optic nerve enters the retina and there are no light receptors available.

• Some people have wider blind spots than others.

• The rods and cones are shut off and cannot transmit light.

• Blind spots occur with ageing.

This type of Extra Sensory Perception as also commonly known as Out of Body Experience (OBE)

• Astral Projection

• Telepathy

• Clairevoyance

• Mentalism

Sensation is induced by the primary sense organs whereas Perception is interpreted by the ____.

• Nerve endings

• Brain

• Spinal Cord

• Eyes

Which Gestalt principle of perception explains how we see this figure (soccer ball)

• Closure

• figure and ground

• proximity

• similarity