Sensation and Perception Quiz

What is the process by which we receive physical energy from the environment and encode it into neural signals?

• Perception

• Transduction

• Sensation

• Adaptation

Which school of thought in psychology suggests that our minds tend to perceive objects as part of a greater whole and as elements of more complex systems?

• Gestalt

• Behaviorism

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

Which Gestalt law of perceptual organization suggests that similar things tend to appear grouped together?

• Similarity

• Proximity

• Closure

• Continuity

What is the ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional?

• Depth Perception

• Visual Cliff

• Binocular Cues

• Monocular Cues

Which binocular cue for depth perception refers to the slight difference in the images received by each eye due to their separation?

• Retinal Disparity

• Convergence

• Linear Perspective

• Relative Clarity

What is the phenomenon called when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession, creating an illusion of movement?

• Phi Phenomenon

• Relative Motion

• Motion Parallax

• Stroboscopic Movement

What is the term for our ability and need to perceive objects as unchanging even as changes may occur in distance, point of view, and illumination?

• Perceptual Set

• Color Constancy

• Size Constancy

• Shape Constancy

Which type of processing is guided by our thoughts or higher-level mental processes, moving from the general concept to the specific example?

• Top-Down Processing

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Selective Attention

• Divided Attention

What is the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time called?

• Absolute Threshold

• Difference Threshold

• Signal Detection

• Sensory Adaptation

Who is considered to be the founder of modern experimental psychology and the field of psychophysics?

• Gustav Fechner

• David Hubel

• Ernst Weber

• Torsten Wiesel