WorksheetsSensation & Perception Pt.1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.
a)
perception
b)
sensation
c)
top-down processing
d)
sensory adaptation
2.
the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.
a)
perception
b)
sensation
c)
bottom-up processing
d)
sensory adaptation
3.
Failing to notice changes in the environment.
a)
inattentional blindness
b)
perception
c)
change blindness
d)
sensation
4.
The minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time.
a)
Just noticeable differrence
b)
difference threshold
c)
psychophysics
d)
absolute threshold
5.
(of a stimulus or mental process) below the threshold of sensation or consciousness; perceived by or affecting someone's mind without their being aware of it.
a)
subliminal
b)
Just Noticeable Difference
c)
absolute theshold
d)
Weber's Law
6.
The activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response.
a)
subliminal
b)
difference theshold
c)
priming
d)
Weber's Law
7.
Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation.
a)
priming
b)
subliminal
c)
priming
d)
sensory adaptation
8.
Contains rods and cones
a)
Iris
b)
Lens
c)
Retina
d)
Pupil
9.
Light enters this part first
a)
Iris
b)
Pupil
c)
Lens
d)
Retina
10.
Focuses light to back of eye
a)
retina
b)
optic nerve
c)
retina
d)
lens
11.
Conversion of one form of energy into another. In sensation, the transforming of stimulus energies, such as sights, sounds, and smells, into neural impulses our brains can interpret.
a)
accommodation
b)
sensory adaptation
c)
transduction
d)
parallel processing
12.
The theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green, yellow-blue, white-black) enable color vision. For example, some cells are stimulated by green and inhibited by red; others are stimulated by red and inhibited by green.
a)
parallel processing
b)
opponent-process theory
c)
Young-Helmholtz trichromatic
d)
feature detectors
13.
Which is NOT a sub-dimension the brain divides a visual scene into?
a)
color
b)
depth
c)
pattern
d)
movement
14.
The measure of sound?
a)
wavelength
b)
pitch
c)
amplitude
d)
decibels
15.
What theory best explains how we sense high pitches?
a)
Place theory
b)
Frequency theory
c)
Opponent-process theory
d)
Pitch Theory
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