Sensation and Perception: Crash Course Psychology #5

What condition does Oliver Sacks have that prevents him from recognizing faces?

• Synesthesia

• Agnosia

• Prosopagnosia

• Aphantasia

What is the term used to describe the minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time?

• Signal Detection Threshold

• Absolute Threshold of Sensation

• Relative Sensitivity Limit

• Perception Boundary

According to Weber's Law, how do we perceive differences in stimuli?

• In a linear manner

• Based on the stimulus' intensity

• On a logarithmic scale

• Through a fixed threshold

What is the role of the rods in the human eye?

• Perceiving depth and motion

• Sensing grayscale and peripheral vision

• Detecting fine detail and color

• Adjusting the eye's focus to different distances

Which theory suggests that the retina contains three types of color receptors?

• Trichromatic Theory

• Color Adaptation Theory

• Dual-Process Theory

• Opponent-Process Theory