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sensation and perception test

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organization of sensory information into a meaningful experience

a)

sensation

b)

perception

c)

absolute threshold

d)

difference threshold

2.

This occurs when a stimulus activates a sensory receptor (eyes, ears, etc)

a)

sensation

b)

perception

c)

Gestalt

d)

constancy

3.

Study of people’s tendencies to make correct judgments in detecting the presence of a stimuli

a)

stereoscopic theory

b)

anamorphic theory

c)

Beuchet theory

d)

signal detection theory

4.

Weakest amount of a stimulus that people can detect half the time

a)

just noticeable difference

b)

difference threshold

c)

absolute threshold

5.

Smallest change in a stimulus that can be detected between two stimuli

a)

difference threshold

b)

absolute threshold

c)

sensation

6.

What is combined with past experience to create a perception?

a)

stimuli

b)

sensations

c)

sense receptors

d)

environmental changes

7.

The study of the relationship between stimuli and sensory experiences

a)

signal detection

b)

psychophysics

c)

psychokinesis

d)

psychodynamic

8.

The principle that the larger the stimulus the larger the change required to notice it is called…..

a)

absolute threshold

b)

Weber's Law

c)

just noticeable difference

d)

Stroop effect

9.

The smallest increase or decrease in the intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect is called…

a)

absolute threshold

b)

signal detection

c)

just noticeable difference

d)

none of the above

10.

Perception that misrepresent stimuli

a)

illusions

b)

perceptual inference

c)

constancy

d)

Gestalt pattern

11.

A Gestalt pattern is...

a)

when your brain organizes bits and pieces into a meaningful whole

b)

notices the differences between two stimuli

c)

makes sense of binocular cues to make an inference

d)

notices the weakest amount of a stimuli

12.

A subliminal message is...

a)

when you have a large stimulus and you need a larger one to notice the change

b)

when your brain unconsciously finds a way to group visual cues together

c)

when a stimulus is presented below your absolute threshold

13.

Constancy is...

a)

the tendency to perceive objects in the same way no matter what

b)

when your brain unconsciously takes what it knows and applies it to a situation

c)

when your two eyes work together to form an image

14.

binocular cue: Apparent movement of stationary objects relative to one another based on the observer moving around

a)

convergence

b)

motion parallax

c)

continuity

d)

closure

15.

Which is perceptual inference?

a)

noticing when someone puts more weight in your backpack

b)

knowing that even though it looks like you will drop off the edge of the highway in the distance, you won't when you get there because the highway continues on

c)

when your brain unconsciously groups items together

16.

Figure ground perception is important in...

a)

vision and hearing

b)

smelling and tasting

c)

touching

17.

Convergence is...

a)

a monocular cue when less overlapping shows you something is closer

b)

a binocular cue that shows items closer to you moving more

c)

a binocular cue where your eyes turn inwards as something gets closer to you

18.

Closure, continuity, and proximity are all examples of...

a)

sensation

b)

figure ground perception

c)

Gestalt principles

d)

monocular cues

19.

Which Gestalt principle would allow you to perceive T Went Ties as separate words instead of one word (twenties) ?

a)

continuity

b)

proximity

c)

closure