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AP Psych - Sensation & Perception - TC18

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 58mins

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.

5. When a stimulus activates a receptor.

a)

Sensation

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)

Acute sensation deprivation

c)

Gate-Control Theory

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)

Subliminal message

b)

Difference threshold

c)

Gate threshold

d)

Absolute threshold

9.

This system controls the balance of the body.

a)

Vestibular System

b)

Kinesthetic System

c)

Vision system

d)

Internal system

10.

Which two senses are most likely to determine whether we like a certain food?

a)

Taste and smell

b)

Taste and hearing

c)

Touch and smell

d)

Smell and hearing

11.

The place in the eye where the optic nerve meets is known as the ______.

a)

fovea

b)

optic chasm

c)

blind spot

d)

optic nerve

12.

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...

a)

inattentional blindness

b)

place theory

c)

blind spot

d)

feature detectors

e)

sensory adaptation

13.

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.

a)

accommodation level

b)

absolute threshold

c)

tolerance level

d)

gustatory saturation level

e)

adaptation level

14.

Racial and ethnic stereotypes can sometimes bias our perceptions of other's behavior. This best illustrates the impact of:

a)

retinal disparity

b)

interposition

c)

top-down processing

d)

perceptual adaptation

15.

If you move your watchband up your inch or so, you will feel it only for a few moments. This best illustrates:

a)

parallel processing

b)

accommodation

c)

sensory adaptation

d)

Weber's Law

16.

Rather than saying a person is "colorblind," it would be more accurate to say that the person:

a)

has a blind spot

b)

is experiencing an overstimulation of the red-and green-sensitive cones

c)

lacks red- or green-sensitive cones

d)

has an excess of blue-sensitive cones

17.

It is difficult to distinguish between colors at night because ______.

a)

we are seeing primarily with the cones

b)

rods do not adapt to the dark

c)

we are seeing primarily with the rods

d)

we are used to seeing mostly with the fovea

18.

Which of the following is true of cones?

a)

They respond to color.

b)

They are found mainly in the fovea

c)

They operate mainly in the daytime

d)

They are responsible for night vision

19.

Texting and driving is a major cause of car accidents in the modern day. Which academic term that we discussed defines this inability to focus on texting and driving at simultaneously?

a)

Selective Attention

b)

Perceptual Set

c)

Absolute Threshold

d)

Change Blindness

20.

Which brain component routes all sensory information, except olfaction, to its appropriate brain region for processing?

a)

Somatosensory Cortex

b)

Frontal Lobe

c)

Thalamus

d)

Medulla

21.

Which color has the longest wavelength? Which has the shortest?

a)

Orange;Green

b)

Violet;Green

c)

Blue;Yellow

d)

Red;Violet

22.

This is the central focal point for the retina, and is around which the retinal cones cluster.

a)

Fovea

b)

Blind spot

c)

Lens

d)

Optic Nerve

23.

Which theory of color perception suggests we have opposing color receptors in the retina that enable color vision?

a)

Trichromatic theory

b)

Triple-Retinal Processing

c)

Antagonistic Color Processing

d)

Opponent-Process Theory

24.

The conversion of one form of energy to another is called

a)

Parapsychology

b)

Retinal Disparity

c)

Transduction

d)

Transitionary Processing

25.

What is the name of the fluid-filled mechanism within the inner ear that houses our hair-cell receptors for auditory information?

a)

Cochlea

b)

Vestibular Sac

c)

Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup

d)

Ear Drum

26.

Which theory of pitch perception suggests the location of the cochlea that is stimulated by incoming sound waves determines the pitch we perceive?

a)

Frequency Theory

b)

Phi Phenomenon

c)

Opponent-Process Theory

d)

Place Theory

27.

The sense of movement and body position

a)

Hearing

b)

Sight

c)

Kinesthesis

d)

Olfaction

e)

Touch

28.

When a person rubs an elbow after smacking it into a table, that person is

a)

creating competition between pain and non-pain impulses

b)

focusing attention toward the pain.

c)

decreasing non-pain impulses in the area.

d)

increasing pain impulses in the area

29.

Which of the following is the best explanation for why we see afterimages?

a)

When we look away, unused cones fire to balance the chemicals used up during staring.

b)

Staring causes the cones to stop working, so the brain processes the image after we look away

c)

The rod system must take over when the cones become too tired, and the rods produce the afterimage.

d)

The brain gets too tired during staring so it creates an afterimage to make sense of the staring.

30.

Hearing aids might be effective for treating ________

a)

Ménière's disease

b)

Sensorineural hearing loss

c)

Conductive hearing loss

d)

Interaural time differences

31.

Subliminal references which of the following?

a)

information just above the absolute threshold

b)

information just above the difference threshold

c)

information processed at a subconscious level

d)

white noise

32.

The cocktail party effect provides an example of:

a)

the phi phenomenon

b)

selective attention

c)

perceptual constancy

d)

perceptual set

33.

This type of hearing loss is caused by damage to the hair cells in the cochlea.

a)

Conductive

b)

Moderate

c)

Sensorinueral

d)

Mild

34.

During the months when there is a large amount of pollen in the air, your hay fever severely affects your sense of smell. At the same time your food all seems to taste the same. This illustrates the importance of:

a)

sensory interaction

b)

kinesthesis

c)

sensory adaptation

d)

accommodation

35.

When there is a conflict between bits of information received by two or more senses, which sense tends to dominate the others? (i.e., The McGurk Effect)

a)

smell

b)

touch

c)

hearing

d)

vision