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WorksheetsAP Psychology: Sensation and Perception
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Although Robert was sitting right next to his wife, he smelled the tulip festival before she did as they drove in their car. Robert has a lower _________ for tulip fragrance than his wife.
a)
Accomodation level
b)
Absolute threshold
c)
Adaptation level
d)
Tolerance level
2.
Thinking you need to stay awake longer on a long drive, you start blasting the radio. However, after a few minutes, you no longer can tell that the radio is incredibly loud. This best illustrates:
a)
Accomodation
b)
Subliminal Sensation
c)
Transduction
d)
Sensory Adaptation
3.
What are the two types of receptors in the eye?
a)
Disks and rods
b)
Cones and plates
c)
Rods and plates
d)
Rods and cones
4.
These carry information for the rods and cones to the ganglion cells and then back to the brain.
a)
Efferent Neurons
b)
Optic Nerve
c)
Bipolar Cells
d)
Afferent Neurons
5.
Which of the following is an example of one of Gestalt's phenomenon known as "closure":
a)
Perpendicular lines
b)
A triangle missing only its three corners
c)
A pentagon
d)
A dot next to a line
6.
Of the following, which is a monocular cue for depth perception?
a)
Assimilation
b)
Retinal Disparity
c)
Convergence
d)
Interposition
7.
What is the phi phenomenon?
a)
It occurs in response to sequentially flashing lights
b)
An important part of telekinesis
c)
A tool used by hypnotherapists
d)
It occurs in response to a spot of light in a darkened room
8.
A physical stimulus is converted into a neural impulse through the process known as:
a)
Transaction
b)
Transition
c)
Transduction
d)
Transference
9.
Cassandra is presented a 1,100 Hz tone. He is then told to notify the experimenter when he notices a difference in pitch. at 1,000 Hz he notices a difference. We can confirm that 100 Hz is Cassandra's
a)
Detection Threshold
b)
Difference Threshold
c)
Disparity Threshold
d)
Absolute Threshold
10.
Closing your eyes and still being able to tell where your hand is located is an example of which:
a)
Eidetic Memory
b)
Kinesthesis
c)
Muscle Memory
d)
Sixth Sense
11.
Weber's law states that to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a
a)
Constant minimum percentage
b)
Variable amount
c)
Constant amount
d)
Variable minimum percentage
12.
What carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain?
a)
Olfactory Glands
b)
Occipital Lobes
c)
Optic Nerve
d)
Afferent Neurons
13.
Which theory links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated?
a)
Gate-Control Theory
b)
Frequency Theory
c)
Signal Detection Theory
d)
Place Theory
14.
A circus performer walking across a high wire is demonstrating both immense balance and which of the following:
a)
Kinesthesia
b)
Vestibular Sense
c)
Cerebellum Control
d)
Sensation
15.
These are fluid filled tubes in the inner ear that provide information about movement of the head:
a)
Semicircular Canals
b)
Cochlea
c)
Basilar Membrane
d)
Hair Cells
16.
David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel are best known for:
a)
Founding "psychophysics" as a subfield of psychology
b)
Asch's experiments
c)
Discovering "feature detectors" within the brain
d)
The Gestalt phenomenon
17.
Having the ability to sense "tasting a sound" is known as:
a)
Kinesthesia
b)
Synesthesia
c)
Prosopagnosia
d)
Olfaction
18.
You're sitting on the bus surrounded by various loud conversations. However, you start to eavesdrop on a conversation between an old lady talking about her grandkids a few seats back. What explains why you can do this?
a)
Figure-ground
b)
Selective Inattention
c)
Proximity
d)
Cocktail Party Effect
19.
According to retinal disparity, the lower the disparity (difference) between two images, the _____ the object.
a)
Farther
b)
Emptier
c)
More Detailed
d)
Closer
20.
ESP and psychokinesis are two examples of what type of study
a)
Parapsychology
b)
Psychoanalysis
c)
Psychometrics
d)
Sociology
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