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Sensation and Perception

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The sense of movement and body position
a)
Hearing
b)
Sight
c)
Kinesthesis
d)
Olfaction
e)
Touch
2.
to twist out of true meaning or proportion
a)
Distort
b)
Tangle
c)
Switch
d)
Dilate
e)
Weave
3.
Which of the following is a perception?
a)
noting a change in temperature
b)
hearing an increase in volume
c)
recognizing an object as a car
d)
viewing a decrease in brightness
4.
Being able to see a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night is the
a)
absolute threshold for human vision
b)
difference threshold for human vision.
c)
perceived threshold for human vision
d)
ratio threshold for human vision
5.
If an object reflects purple light and absorbs other colors, what color will that object appear to be in daylight to someone with normal color vision?
a)
any color except purple, depending on the object’s density
b)
purple
c)
black or gray
d)
white or gray, depending on the object’s reflectivity
6.
Which of the following is true about rods and cones?
a)
There are more cones in the retina than rods.
b)
Rods are photoreceptors, while cones are not
c)
Rods are sensitive to lower levels of light than cones.
d)
Rods are similar to color film and cones are similar to black-and-white film.
7.
Vibration is crucial to which sense?
a)
sight
b)
hearing
c)
smell
d)
taste
8.
If an elderly person thinks that food does not taste as good as it used to, what is the likely reason?
a)
a decline in his or her kinesthetic senses
b)
a decline in his or her cochlea
c)
a decline in his or her vestibular system
d)
a decline in her or his olfaction
9.
When a person rubs an elbow after smacking it into a table, that person is
a)
creating competition between pain and nonpain impulses
b)
focusing attention toward the pain.
c)
decreasing nonpain impulses in the area.
d)
increasing pain impulses in the area
10.
Human perception
a)
are always based entirely on current sensory information.
b)
can be improved by active involvement with one’s environment.
c)
are never influenced by beliefs and expectations.
d)
do not develop in infants until they are about 7 or 8 months of age.
11.
Suppose that you are viewing two objects at different distances in the same line of vision. What can you determine about these objects by moving your head back and forth?
a)
which object is bigger
b)
which object is moving faster
c)
which object is more brightly lit
d)
which object is closer
12.
A sensation may be combined with other sensations and past experiences to yield a
a)
constancy.
b)
perception.
c)
motion parallax.
d)
ratio.
13.

If a dog hears a whistle that a person cannot hear, this suggests that dogs and humans have different

a)

kinesthesis systems.

b)

Gestalt ratios.

c)

absolute thresholds

d)

vestibular systems.

14.

A psychologist studying signal detection theory would be most interested in

a)

subliminal advertising

messages.

b)

the ability of a person to gain information without using the five senses

c)

the minimum amount of light a person can see.

d)

how a radio operator distinguishes between blips on a radar screen.

15.

If we did not have cones in our eyes, we would not see

a)

colors

b)

shapes

c)

sizes

d)

distant objects

16.

Damage to the olfactory nerve might prevent a person from

a)

seeing a traffic light change.

b)

hearing birds chirp.

c)

smelling freshly baked bread.

d)

feeling the texture of

a curtain.

17.

A person sees Object A in its entirety, but part of Object B’s outline is interrupted by Object A. According to the overlapping cue, what can that person conclude about these objects?

a)

Object A is larger than Object B

b)

Object A is smaller than Object B.

c)

Object A is closer than Object B.

d)

Object A is farther away than Object B.

18.

Since the image of a person approaching grows larger in our eyes, why do we not perceive that person turning into a giant?

a)

We perceive that distance is decreasing.

b)

Brightness constancy reveals the true size of the person

c)

We unconsciously move our head to apply the motion parallax cue.

d)

Our eyes recognize that images of giants are illusions.

19.

Sensation

a)

opening in the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the eye

b)

the tendency to perceive certain objects the same way despite changing conditions

c)

what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor

d)

contains light-sensitive receptor cells

20.

Absolute Threshold

a)

the weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time

b)

filling in the gaps in what our senses tell us

c)

what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor

d)

organization of sensory information

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