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Psychology Sensation & Perceptions

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is letter B
a)
Optic nerve
b)
Lens
c)
Cornea
d)
Retina
2.
Which is True?
a)
There are an equal number of rods and cones.  Cones detect black and white
b)
there are an equal number of rods and cones.  Rods detect Black and White
c)
there are more cones than rods and cones detect black and white
d)
 There are more rods than cones and rods detect black and white
3.
What part of the eye allows us to see color?
a)
cones
b)
rods
c)
iris
d)
eyeball
4.
Which of the following is the correct order of the structures through which light passes after entering the eye?
a)
Lens, pupil, cornea, retina
b)
Pupil, cornea, lens, retina
c)
Cornea, retina, pupil, lens
d)
Cornea, pupil, lens, retina
5.

What area of the retina contains the most cones:

a)

fovea centralis

b)

optic disk

c)

peripheral retina

d)

blind spot

6.
What are the two jobs of a lens?
a)
focus and magnify
b)
focus and flip
c)
focus and see
d)
flip and see
7.
What part of your eye sends the messages to and from your brain?
a)
retina
b)
optic nerve
c)
iris
d)
vitreous humor
8.
Gathers information about color, shape, and size of eye and sends to the optic nerve.
a)
optic nerve
b)
Retina
c)
Neuron
d)
cornea
9.
Proposed theory for color vision with opposing retinal process for red-green, yellow-blue, white-black.
a)
opponent process theory
b)
tri-chromatic theory
c)
frequency theory
10.
Where does the optic nerve take the visual information?
a)
To the Thalamus and then to the Occipital Lobe
b)
to the Hippocampus and then to the Occipital Lobe
c)
to the Hypothalamus and then to the Occipital Lobe
d)
to the Cerebellum and then to the Occipital Lobe
11.
What is the protective covering over your eye?
a)
refraction
b)
cornea
c)
puppies
d)
eyeballs
12.
What is the muscle that opens and closes the pupil?
a)
food
b)
transluscent
c)
iris
d)
lens
13.
What is the part of your eye that helps you focus?
a)
iris
b)
optic nerve
c)
brain
d)
lens
14.
What is the back of your eye called? 
a)
RETINA
b)
OPTIC NERVE
15.
Number 2 on the eye diagram is the:
a)
Aqueous Humor
b)
Vitreous humor
c)
Retina
d)
Cornea
16.
Number 5 on the eye diagram is the:
a)
Lid
b)
Vitreous Humor
c)
Retina
d)
Cornea
17.
Number 7 on the eye  diagram is the:
a)
aqueous humor
b)
vitreous humor
c)
retina
d)
cornea
18.
Number 11 on the  eye diagram is the:
a)
fovea
b)
lens
c)
optic nerve
d)
blind spot 
19.
Number 4 in the ear diagram is the:
a)
Auditory Canal
b)
Mallus
c)
Incus
d)
Stapes
20.
Number 5 in the ear diagram is the:
a)
Cochlea
b)
Semicircular Canals
c)
Auditory Nerve
d)
Mallus
21.

What part is #2?

a)

Pinna

b)

Ear Canal

c)

Ear Drum

d)

Oval Window

22.

What part is #7?

a)

Semicircular Canals

b)

Eustachian Tube

c)

Cochlea

d)

Oval Window

23.

What parts are #8?

a)

Semicircular Canals

b)

Auditory Nerves

c)

Ear Bones

d)

Ossicles

24.

What part is #12?

a)

Incus/Anvil

b)

Malleus/Hammer

c)

Cochlea/Snail Shell

d)

Stapes/Stirrup

25.

What is the amygdala responsible for controlling?

a)

fear and emotions, and preparing for emergency effects

b)

Visual memory

c)

Movement of arms and legs

d)

Communication between different parts of the brain

26.

Which of the following is to be the brain's center of emotion, memory, and the autonomic nervous system.

a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Temporal lobe

c)

Neurons

d)

hippocampus

27.

Which of the following do scientists believe is responsible for your personality?

a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Parietal lobe

c)

Temporal lobe

d)

Occipetal lobe

28.

When I stare at a can of coke for 20 minutes then look away and everything looks green. This is best explained by the:

a)

Opponent-Process Theory

b)

Trichomatic Theory

c)

Frequency Theory

d)

Top Down Processing

29.

Due to near constant exposure, you recognize this as Elsa from Frozen. Without watching the movie, how do you know she is singing in this shot?

a)

Frequency Theory

b)

Constancy

c)

Gate Control Theory

d)

Top Down Processing

30.

The coiled structure filled with fluid in the ear is called the...

a)

Malleus

b)

Oval Window

c)

Cochlea

d)

Internal Ear

31.

You walk into a room and it feels like a sauna at first, but then you stop noticing the heat. This is an example of:

a)

Difference Threshold

b)

Sensory adaptation

c)

Weber's Law

d)

absolute threshold

32.

My eyes move towards each other as I watch someone walk closer to me, this is an example of:

a)

a binocular cue

b)

absolute threshold

c)

transduction

d)

continuity

33.

If I am holding an empty jar, I will notice the weight difference when a coin is dropped in, but I will not notice the coin if the jar is full. This principle is called:

a)

The Placebo Effect

b)

Weber's Law

c)

the difference threshold

d)

the Kinesthetic sense

34.

The first time you saw this image you took in the details but didn't notice the faces. This is because of:

a)

Top-Down processing

b)

Bottom-Up Processing

35.

I can't hear anyone blinking in the room. the sound of blinking therefore Isn't loud enough to pass the:

a)

Difference Threshold

b)

Absolute Threshold

c)

Tympanic Membrane

d)

pupil

36.

olfactory receptors and taste buds

a)

chemoreceptors

b)

mechanoreceptors

c)

photoreceptors

d)

osmoreceptors

37.

NOT a primary taste sensation

a)

bitter

b)

salty

c)

sweet

d)

peppery

38.

can detect the largest variety

a)

taste buds

b)

olfactory receptors

c)

cones

d)

rods

39.

lobe of brain responsible for smell

a)

frontal

b)

parietal

c)

occipital

d)

temporal

40.

lobe of brain responsible for taste

a)

frontal

b)

occipital

c)

parietal

d)

temporal

41.

decline in the transmission of a sensory neuron when receptor is continuously stimulated; smell is rapid

a)

accommodation

b)

adaptation

c)

anosmia

d)

ageusia

42.

receptor of gustation; sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami

a)

cones

b)

olfactory receptors

c)

hair cells

d)

taste buds

43.
Alex tickles his brother by stroking adjacent ________ spots on his skin
a)
 pressure
b)
warmth
c)
cold 
d)
 pain
44.
Which theory suggests that large-fiber activity in the spinal cord can prevent pain signals from reaching the brain?
a)
signal detection theory 
b)
opponent-process theory
c)
 gate-control theory
d)
frequency theory
45.
With her eyes closed, Sierra can accurately touch her mouth, nose, and chin with her index finger. Sierra's accuracy illustrates the importance of
a)
accommodation.
b)
kinesthesis.
c)
sensory interaction. 
d)
 sensory adaptation.