Quiz Sensation and Perception

Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.

• detection; interpretation

• threshold; transduction

• encoding; detection

• interpretation; organization

The condition characterized by the inability to recognize familiar faces is ________; the phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory pathway is ________.

• Synesthesia; Prosopagnosia

• Prosopagnosia; Blindsight

• Blindsight; Synesthesia

• Prosopagnosia; Synesthesia

A researcher presents two lights of varying brightness to a subject who is asked to respond “same” or “different” by comparing their intensities. The researcher is seeking the:

• accommodation

• transduction

• absolute threshold

• just noticeable difference

The clear tissue that covers the front of the eye is the:

• cornea

• rods

• lens

• iris

The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time is called:

• after images

• absolute threshold

• just noticeable difference

• Weber’s Law

A woman without sensory adaptation would:

• not be able to distinguish between hot and cold sensations

• be continuously bothered by street noises outside her house

• not see different colors

• find it impossible to distinguish light and sound waves

The adjustable opening in the center of the eye through which light enters is the:

• pupil

• retina

• lens

• optic nerve

The color theory that explains how the afterimage of this flag appears as red, white, & blue is:

• trichromatic theory

• color constancy

• opponent process

• frequency theory

The principle that one sense may influence another is known as:

• sensory interaction

• sensory adaptation

• dichromatism

• prosopagnosia

The smallest amount of a particular stimulus that can be detected is called:

• absolute threshold

• just noticeable difference