Sensation & Perception

Stimulation of your sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing can best be described as:

• Transduction

• Sensation

• Perception

• Threshold

The way our brains interpret and organize sensory information can best be described as:

• Transduction

• Sensation

• Perception

• Threshold

Absolute Threshold of Sensation can best be described as:

• The smallest amount of stimulus that can just barely be detected

• The largest amount of stimulus that can be detected

• The maximum stimulus that can be produced

• The minimum stimulus that can be produced

Sensory Adaptation can best be described as:

• being highly sensitive to all sensations

• being unaffected by most sensations

• being less sensitive to stimuli that you have grown used to

• being more sensitive to stimuli that you have been exposed to

Alex was selected to participate in a taste-test to see if she can tell the difference between regular coffee creamer and sugar-free creamer.

Even though she is blindfolded, she can tell that the coffee which tastes just a little bit less sweet is the sugar-free option.

This is an example of:

• Absolute Threshold

• Difference Threshold

• Sensory Adaptation

• Perception

From which part of the eye does light FIRST enter?

• Lens

• Pupil

• Cornea

• Retina

The small portion of light waves that are detectable by the human eye is known as:

• The Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Visible Light

• Frequency

• Amplitude

Photoreceptors which detect grayscale light, are used in peripheral vision, and help us see in twilight conditions with little to no color

• Fovea

• Retina

• Rods

• Cones

Photoreceptors responsible for detecting color and fine detail, concentrated in the fovea

• Retina

• Rods

• Cones

• Optic nerve

The inner surface of the eyeball that contains all the receptor cells that begin sensing visual information is known as:

• Fovea

• Cornea

• Pupil

• Retina