Sensation Practice

Elijah, Anika, and Rohan are in a park. Suddenly, they hear a loud noise. What is the process by which their sensory receptors and nervous system receive this stimulus from the environment?

• Sensation

• Bottom-up Processing

• Top-Down Processing

• Perception

Abigail, Liam, and Michael are in a crowded market. They are trying to find their way to a specific shop. Which of the following best describes their perception in this scenario?

• Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes as they navigate through the crowd

• The focusing of their conscious awareness on a particular stimulus, like the shop sign

• The analysis of the stimulus by their sense receptors as they take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the market

• The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information to understand their surroundings and find the shop

Grace, Priya, and Mia are discussing the difference between bottom-up and top-down processing in their psychology class. Can you help them understand the difference?

• Bottom-up processing, like when Grace starts with the sense receptors and works up to the level of the brain and mind, while top-down processing is like when Priya begins her analysis of the stimulus by sense receptors

• Bottom-up processing is like when Mia organizes and interprets sensory information, while top-down processing is like when Priya receives stimulus from the environment

• Bottom-up processing is like when Grace starts with the big picture and works down to the individual elements, while top-down processing is like when Mia starts with the individual elements and works up to the big picture

• Bottom-up processing is guided by higher-level mental processes, like when Priya thinks, while top-down processing is like when Grace begins with the sense receptors

James, Priya, and Grace are conducting a psychology experiment. They want to determine the minimum level of a sound that Grace can detect 50% of the time. What is this term called in psychology?

• Change Blindness

• Absolute Threshold

• Signal Detection Theory

• Selective Attention

Noah, Aiden, and Benjamin are in a crowded concert. Amid the loud music and chatter, they are trying to detect the faint sound of their friend's voice who is lost in the crowd. Which theory predicts how and when they can detect the presence of this faint stimulus amid the background noise?

• Inattentional Blindness

• Selective Attention

• Signal Detection Theory

• Choice-Blindness Blindness

Anika, Aiden, and Mason are in a noisy cafeteria. Amidst all the noise, Aiden is trying to focus on what Anika is saying. What is this phenomenon called where Aiden is focusing his conscious awareness on a particular stimulus?

• Selective Attention

• Inattentional Blindness

• Cocktail Party Effect

• Change Blindness

Priya, Anika, and Aria are conducting a science experiment for their psychology class. They are trying to understand a specific field of study. This field investigates the relationship between the physical characteristics of stimuli, like the brightness of a light or the volume of a sound, and our psychological experience with them. What is this field of study called?

• Psychophysics

• Transduction

• Visual Stimulation

• Thresholds

In a psychology class, Ava, Mia, and Aria were discussing about the 'Father of Psychophysics'. They had a few names in mind. Can you help them identify the correct person?

• Gustav Theodor Fechner

• Gustav Fechner

• Tony Stone

• Carol Lee

During a basketball match, Samuel was so focused on Kai's dribbling skills that he failed to notice Aria scoring a goal. What is this phenomenon called where he failed to see visible objects when his attention was directed elsewhere?

• transduction

• Inattentional Blindness

• Choice-Blindness Blindness

• Selective Attention

William, Luna, and Michael are participating in a game. Which of the following actions by them is an example of top-down processing?

• William trying to guess the word in a game of hangman

• Luna identifying her favorite song just by hearing a few notes

• Michael listening to rock music played backward and perceiving an evil message when specifically told what to listen for

• Luna and William doing a puzzle without looking at the picture