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WorksheetsSensation and Perception
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
The point at which a person can detect a stimulus 50 percent of the time it is presented is called the ______.
Absolute threshold
range threshold
difference threshold
just-noticeable difference
The process of bringing meaning to the raw data your senses take in is called ________.
perception
sensation
adaptation
habituation
The lowest stimuli intensity required for detection is the ______ and the smallest noticeable difference between a standard stimulus intensity and another stimulus value is the ______.
absolute threshold; just noticeable difference
base value; just noticeable difference
response criterion; sensory constant
just noticeable difference; absolute threshold
The place in the eye where the optic nerve meets is known as the ______.
fovea
blind spot
optic chiasm
optic nerve
Figure–ground relationships concern _________________.
the tendency to perceive objects, or figures, as existing on some background
the tendency to complete figures that are incomplete
the tendency to perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping
the tendency to perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern
Similarity is the tendency to perceive _________________.
objects, or figures, as existing on some background
things that look similar as being part of the same group
objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping
things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern
Proximity is the tendency to _________________.
perceive objects, or figures, as existing on some background
complete figures that are incomplete
perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping
perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern
Continuity is the tendency to _________________.
perceive objects, or figures, as existing on some background
complete figures that are incomplete
perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping
perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern
What sense helps maintain balance?
Vestibular
Kinesthetic
Proprioception
Audition
Olfaction
While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...
inattentional blindness
place theory
blind spot
feature detectors
sensory adaptation
Although Bill was seated next to his friend, he was able to smell the burning popcorn a full minute earlier than his friend. Bill must have a lower _________ for smell.
accommodation level
absolute threshold
tolerance level
gustatory saturation level
adaptation level
