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WorksheetsSensation and Perception
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 24mins
The minimum stimulation needed to register a particular stimulus fifty percent of the time is called:
Sensation Adaptation
Signal Detection
Absolute Threshold
Difference Threshold
The process in which given constant stimulation, the senses adjust.
Weber's Law
Perception
Sensory Adaptation
Opponent Process Theory
The point at which one can tell the difference between stimuli.
Difference Threshold
Absolute Threshold
Trichromatic
Sensory Adaptation
Which of the following is the best definition of “sensation”?
The process by which we interpret information from our environment
The process by which we receive information from our environment.
The process by which we organize and process information from our environment.
The process by which we decide which information to process from our environment.
Which of the following structures contains the rods and cones in the human eye?
Cornea
Lens
Iris
Retina
The Gestalt principle of similarity states that humans group objects in what way?
According to how physically close they are
According to what shape they make when they are all put together
According to how alike they are
According to however they want
Which of the following is not one of the taste receptors on the human tongue?
Sour
Greasy
Umami
Bitter
Which of the following visual cues occurs when you look down at a fly on your nose?
Convergence
Retinal disparity
Kinesthesis
Divergence
Which of the following are chemical senses because they process molecules from the environment through receptor cells?
Sight and taste
Smell and taste
Sound and smell
Taste and touch
Which of the following is the correct term for the process by which we organize and interpret information from the world around us?
Sensation
Transduction
Perception
Signal detection
What is the purpose of letter “b” in the diagram?
To reflect light back to the retina
To translate light waves into neural impulses
To control how much light enters the eye
To protect the eye from infection
In the image below, which monocular cue is depicted?
Relative height
Relative size
Linear perspective
Relative motion
Which Gestalt principle would you be using when you see shapes in the clouds?
Figure and ground
Closure
Proximity
similarity
In a perception research lab, you are asked to describe the shape of the top of a box as the box is slowly rotated. Which concept are the researchers most likely investigating?
feature detectors in the retina
feature detectors in the occipital lobe
placement of the rods and cones in the retina
binocular depth cues
shape constancy
Which of the following sentences best describes the relationship sensation and perception?
Sensation is a strictly mechanical process, whereas perception is a cognitive process.
Perception is an advanced form of sensation.
Sensation happens in the senses, whereas perception happens in the brain.
Sensation is detecting stimuli, perception is interpreting stimuli.
Sensation involves learning and expectations, and perception does not.
You are shown a picture of your grandfather's face, but the eyes and mouth are blocked out. You still recognize it as a picture of your grandfather. Which type of processing best explains this example of perception?
bottom-up processing
signal detection theory
top-down processing
opponent-process theory
gestalt replacement theory
What behavior would be difficult without our vestibular sense?
integrating what we see and hear
writing our name
repeating a list of digits
walking a straight line with our eyes closed
reporting to a researcher the exact position and orientation of our limbs
Habituation refers to the
decline in sensory sensitivity at the neural level due to repeated stimulation
an increase in sensory sensitivity
The ear canal...
directs sound from the outer to middle ear
directs sound from the middle to inner ear
collects and shapes sound
Which of these is not a bone of the ear?
stapes (stirrup)
incus (anvil)
malleus (hammer)
cochlea (shell)
