Sensation Practice

The stimulation of sensory receptors and the transmission of sensory information to the central nervous system

• conductivity

• perception

• illusion

• sensation

Distinguishing between two similar shades of red is an example of

• difference threshold

• absolute threshold

• sensory adaption

• autoresponse

If you cannot see the numbers in the circles, you likely have some form of

• light sensitivity

• visual impairment

• color blindness

• astygmatism

Even with eyes closed, a person knows about the position and motion of his or her body parts because of

• hearing using sonar

• taste and smell working together

• proprioception and kinesthesis

• vestibular sensation

Which of the following is not part of the skin senses?

• pressure

• smell

• temperature

• pain

Taste and smell are chemical reactions while sight and sound rely on waves.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The smallest amount of a particular stimulus that can be detected

• vestibular sense

• just different threshold

• gustation sense

• absolute threshold

The fluid-filled structure of the inner ear that transmits sound impulses to the auditory nerve.

• the cochlea

• the retina

• the olfactory bulb

• the tastebud

The ability to identify a stimulus when it is embedded in a distracting background

• noise cancellation

• signal detection theory

• proprioception

• having and "eagle eye"

Taking in sensory information and moving it to the brain to be processed and perceived is called

• sensory adaptation

• optical illusion

• transformation

• transduction