Sensation and Perception

Receptors that are responsible for transferring light into neural impulses.  

• Rods & Cones of Retina
• Optic Stem
• Cornea
• Iris

Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary sensory experiences that make up taste?  

• Sweet
• Sour
• Bitter
• Warmth

A principle that states, for any change in a stimulus to be detected, a constant proportion of that stimulus must be added or subtracted.  

• Gate-Control Theory
• Weber's Law
• Difference Threshold
• Multiple constant 

Smell is transmitted to the brain via the.....

• Optic Nerve
• Olfactory Nerve
• Auditory (chochlear nerve)
• Sensory Nerve

When a stimulus activates a receptor.  

• Senstaion
• Perception
• Recognition
• Response system

The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.  

• Senstation
• Perception
• Gestalt Awareness
• Sensory organization

The weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half of the time.  

• Differnce threshold
• Absolute threshold
• Gate threshold
• Subliminal message

This system controls the balance of the body.  

• Vestibular System
• Kinesthetic System
• Vision system
• Internal system

The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the ______.

• Absolute threshold

• range threshold

• difference threshold

• just-noticeable difference

The process of bringing meaning to the raw data your senses take in is called ________.

• perception

• sensation

• adaptation

• habituation