Sensation and Perception Pre-Test

Which term refers to the minimum amount of stimulus energy needed for a person to detect it 50% of the time?

• Sensory adaptation

• Absolute threshold

• Difference threshold

• Subliminal perception

The process where sensory receptors detect and respond to incoming sensory information is known as:

• Perception

• Sensation

• Adaptation

• Selective attention

The area at the back of the eye that contains cells sensitive to light is called the:

• Lens

• Cornea

• Retina

Which of the following is true regarding the perception of color?

• The retina has cones for processing brightness

• The opponent-process theory explains color vision

• Rods are responsible for color vision in bright light

• Color blindness is caused by an absence of rods

The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups is referred to as:

• Sensory adaptation

• Bottom-up processing

• Top-down processing

• Gestalt principles

Which one of the following is not considered one of the five primary tastes?

• Sweet

• Sour

• Bitter

• Salty

The process by which we selectively attend to and process specific information while ignoring other stimuli is known as:

• Sensation

• Olfaction

• Perception

• Attention

Depth perception helps us understand:

• Colors and shapes of objects

• Size and distance of objects

• The brightness of light

• The texture of surfaces

Which term refers to the ability to maintain a constant perception of an object despite changes in sensory input?

• Constancy

• Perception

• Attention

• Adaptation

The process of becoming more sensitive to weak stimuli and less sensitive to unchanging stimuli is known as:

• Sensory adaptation

• Sensory localization

• Sensory threshold

• Selective perception