Sensation and Perception

The process of bringing meaning to the raw data your senses take in is called ________.

• perception

• sensation

• adaptation

• habituation

The lowest stimuli intensity required for detection is the ______ and the smallest noticeable difference between a standard stimulus intensity and another stimulus value is the ______.

• absolute threshold; just noticeable difference

• base value; just noticeable difference

• response criterion; sensory constant

• just noticeable difference; absolute threshold

The place in the eye where the optic nerve meets the retina is known as the ______.

• fovea

• blind spot

• rods

• optic nerve

• lens

Continuity is the tendency to _________________.

• perceive objects, or figures, as existing on some background

• complete figures that are incomplete

• perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping

• perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern

What sense helps maintain balance?

• Vestibular

• Kinesthetic

• Proprioception

• Audition

• Olfaction

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

Although Bill was seated next to his friend, he was able to smell the burning popcorn a full minute earlier than his friend. Bill must have a lower _________ for smell.

• accommodation level

• absolute threshold

• tolerance level

• gustatory saturation level

• adaptation level

If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so, you will feel it only for a few moments. This best illustrates:

• parallel processing
• accommodation
• sensory adaptation
• Weber's Law

Smell is transmitted to the brain via the

• Optic Nerve
• Olfactory Nerve
• Auditory (chochlear nerve)
• Sensory Nerve

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