Introduction to Psychology Quiz

Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.

• vision, olfaction

• conscious, unconscious

• awareness, interpretation

• taste, vision

Which are the 4 basic sensations our skin can detect?

• vibration, warmth, tingling, pain

• pain, friction, cold, warmth

• pain, pressure, hot, cold

• itching, tickling, friction, aching

People are more likely to notice 50 cents increase in the price of a candy bar than they are to notice 50 cents increase in the price of an iPad. This illustrates:

• the absolute threshold

• Weber's law

• signal detection

• opponent processes

Damage to your olfactory membrane would most likely impair your ability to:

• see

• hear

• smell

• feel pain

Which of the following is NOT a set of opponent colors according to opponent process theory?

• red/blue

• red/green

• yellow/blue

• white/black

The fact that you may notice a disgusting smell when you first walk into a room but stop noticing it if you stay in the room for a while illustrates:

• synesthesia

• selective attention

• sensory attention

• sensory adaptation

The middle ear contains three little bones. They are:

• pinna, cochlea, cilia

• incus, anvil, stapes

• hammer, anvil, stirrup

• tympani, ossicle, pinna

The smallest change in sensation that a person is able to detect 50% of the time is:

• the absolute threshold

• the just noticeable difference (JND)

• Weber's threshold.

• sensory threshold.

The retina contains three types of cones and each makes a maximum response to a particular color - red, green or blue. This, in short form, is the:

• Signal detection theory

• Opponent-process theory

• Trichromatic theory

• Color detection theory

How many different odors does human olfactory system is capable of sensing and distinguishing?

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 100,000

• 1,000,000