WorksheetsSensation and Perception
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Receptors that are responsible for transferring light into neural impulses.
a)
Rods & Cones of Retina
b)
Optic Stem
c)
Cornea
d)
Iris
2.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary sensory experiences that make up taste?
a)
Sweet
b)
Sour
c)
Bitter
d)
Warmth
3.
A principle that states, for any change in a stimulus to be detected, a constant proportion of that stimulus must be added or subtracted.
a)
Gate-Control Theory
b)
Weber's Law
c)
Difference Threshold
d)
Multiple constant
4.
Smell is transmitted to the brain via the.....
a)
Optic Nerve
b)
Olfactory Nerve
c)
Auditory (chochlear nerve)
d)
Sensory Nerve
5.
When a stimulus activates a receptor.
a)
Senstaion
b)
Perception
c)
Recognition
d)
Response system
6.
This theory states that we can lessen some pains by shifting our attention away from pain impulses.
a)
Pain perception method
b)
Gate-Control Theory
c)
Acute sensation deprivation
d)
Theory of relativity
7.
The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.
a)
Senstation
b)
Perception
c)
Gestalt Awareness
d)
Sensory organization
8.
The weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half of the time.
a)
Differnce threshold
b)
Absolute threshold
c)
Gate threshold
d)
Subliminal message
9.
This system controls the balance of the body.
a)
Vestibular System
b)
Kinesthetic System
c)
Vision system
d)
Internal system
10.
Thinking about your own thought process.
a)
Direct thinking
b)
Non-direct thinking
c)
Metacognition
d)
Mental Set
11.
When a mental set interferes with solving a problem.
a)
Flexibility
b)
Rigidity
c)
Roadblock
d)
Functional creativity
12.
Rearranging the elements of a problem in order to arrive at an original solution.
a)
Flexibility
b)
Algorithm
c)
Recombination
d)
Heuristics
13.
What problem-solving strategy allows a person to arrive quickly on a solution.
a)
Algorithm
b)
Flexibility
c)
Heuristics
d)
Rigidity
14.
The storage and retrieval of what has been learned.
a)
Memory
b)
Decay
c)
Retrieval
d)
Sensory memory
15.
Encoding --> ______________________ --> Retrieval
a)
Locking
b)
Storage
c)
Filing
d)
Creating
16.
Which of the following is NOT a strategy that can help form long-term memories?
a)
Rehersal
b)
Mnemonic device
c)
Chunking
d)
Direct thinking
17.
Mr. Nelson uses the phrase, Super Man Helps Every One to help him remember the names of the Great Lakes. This would be an example of what strategy?
a)
Chunking
b)
Grouping
c)
Mnemonic Device
d)
Acronization
18.
Which of the following is NOT a reason that we forget?
a)
Repression
b)
Decay
c)
Amnesia
d)
Retrograde Deterioration
19.
The inability to form new memories.
a)
Infantile Amnesia
b)
Antereograde Amnesia
c)
Retrograde Amnesia
d)
Proactive Amnesia
20.
After memorizing all of the different countries in Europe you now find it hard to remember the countries in South America. What type of interference is being exemplified?
a)
Proactive
b)
Retroactive
c)
Interactive
d)
Active
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