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WorksheetsSensation Test 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The idea that the amount of change in a stimulus necessary to produce a just noticeable difference (jnd) is a constant proportion of the stimulus intensity is called which of the following
difference threshold
the all-or-none principle
cocktail party effect
Weber's law
Sensory adaptation
A researcher presents two lights of varying brightness to a subject who is asked to respond "same" or "different" by comparing their intensities. The researcher is seeking the
just noticeable difference
absolute threshold
subliminal threshold
minimal threshold
Cortical cells in the visual pathway of the brain that respond to specific incoming sensory information such as lines, angles, shading, and movement are called which of the following?
sight cells
Bipolar cells
second stage sensors
feature detectors
vision neurons
Frequency is to __________ as amplitude is to __________.
compression; rarefaction
rarefaction; compression
pitch; loudness
loudness; pitch
volley principle; volley principle
The process where the lens of the eye (lens) changes shape to focus the image on the retina
accommodation
plasticity
adaptation
regulation
astigmatism
Pitch is best described as which of the following?
the overtones of a sound
a quality of sound that can be perceived by humans only at or below 1000 Hz
the quality of sound determined by the frequency of sound waves
the timbre of a sound
the quality of sound determined by the amplitude of sound waves
Visual information is processed by ganglion cells ________ it is processed by rods and cones and ________ it is processed by bipolar cells.
before; after
after; before
before; before
after; after
at the same time; at the same time
Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to affect an individual’s
vision
audition
sense of smell
sense of taste
vestibular sense
Digital hearing aids produce ________ sound by restricting the range of sound _______.
stereophonic; frequencies
stereophonic; amplitudes
compressed; frequencies
compressed; amplitudes
The ability of the eye to distinguish fine details is called
adaptation
visual acuity
visual sensitivity
visual dilation
summation
Which of the following is true about rods?
They are responsible for night vision
They are found mainly in the fovea
They respond to color
They operate mainly in the daytime
They are concentrated around the center of the visual field
Organizing and creating meaningful patterns from sensory information is the process called
transduction
perception
motion parallax
sensation
Bottom-up processing
Overall, it appears that we most clearly perceive
changing stimuli better than constant ones
constant stimuli better than changing ones
long-acting better than short-acting stimuli
stimuli that are steady in the environment
stimuli below the absolute threshold
Which of the following is the correct sequence of anatomical structures through which an auditory stimulus passes before it is perceived as sound?
Pinna, Cochlea, ossicles, tympanic membrane, oval window, auditory canal
Pinna, Auditory canal, tympanic membrane, ossicles, oval window, cochlea
Pinna, tympanic membrane, cochlea, auditory canal, ossicles, oval window
Pinna, Ossicles, tympanic membrane, cochlea, auditory canal, oval window
