Psychology Quiz

What is the purpose of describing sensory receptors, attention, and perception?

• To confuse students

• To familiarize with how sense organs collect information and process it

• To test memory retention

• To discuss unrelated topics

What is the process by which neural impulses are created by stimulation of sensory neurons?

• Perception

• Cognition

• Attention

• Sensation

Which sense involves the ability to see three-dimensional space and accurately judge distances?

• Taste

• Hearing

• Smell

• Depth perception

What is the ability to perceive objects or events in ways that cannot be explained by known sensory capacities?

• Attention

• Extra Sensory Perception

• Perception

• Sensation

What is the process in which we give priority to a particular incoming sensory message?

• Focused distraction

• Inattentive processing

• Divided attention

• Selective attention

Which sense involves the ability to perceive events or gain information unaffected by distance or barriers?

• Touch

• Taste

• Hearing

• Clairvoyance

What is the ability to exert influence over inanimate objects by will-power?

• Telepathy

• Pre-cognition

• Psycho-kinesis

• Clairvoyance

What is the process through which an internal representation of an object is formed?

• Sensation

• Cognition

• Perception

• Attention

Which factor determines perceptual grouping by grouping stimuli that are near one another?

• Proximity

• Similarity

• Closure

• Continuity

What is the ability to judge distance and perceive three-dimensional space?

• Perceptual synthesis

• Figure-ground organization

• Depth perception

• Perceptual constancy