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WorksheetsReview of UNIT 4 Sensation and Preception
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following is the most accurate description of how we process color?
Occurs in two stages: 1. a three-color system in the retina and 2. opponent-process cells en rought to the visual cortex
Occurs in two-stages 1. an opponent-process systme in the retina and 2. a three-color system en rought to the visual cortex
its divided into separate red, green and blue systems.
receptors for taste are located in the
cochlea
fovea
cortex
taste buds
The phenomenon that refers to the ways in which an individual's expectation influence preception is called
perceptual set
retinal disparity
interposition
kinesthesis
The correct order of sturctures through which light passes after entering the eye is
lens, pupil, cornea, retina
pupil, cornea, lens, retina
pupil, lens, cornea, retina
cornea, pupil, lens, retina
Which of the following explains why a rose appears equally red in bright light and dim light?
The Young-Helmholtz theory
feature detection
color constancy
The opponent-processing theory
The process by which the lens changes its curvature is
sensory adaptation
accommodation
feature detection
transduction
A person claiming to be able to read someones mind is claiming to have the ESP ability of
psychokinesis
precognition
clairvoyance
telepathy
Dr. Frankenstein has forgotten to give his monster an important part; as a result, the monster cannot transduce sound. Dr. Frankenstein omitted the
semicircular canals
eardrum
basilar membrane
middle ear
In shopping for a new stereo, you discover that you cannot differentiate between the sounds of models X and Y. the difference between X and Y is below your
absolute threshold
subliminal threshold
receptor threshold
difference threshold
Which of the following is an example of sensory interaction
finding that despite its delicious aroma, a weird-looking meal tastes awful
finding that food tastes bland when you have a bad cold
finding it difficult to maintain your balance when you have an ear infection
All of these are examples
The term gestalt means
grouping
whole
sensation
perception
After a period of time, humans are able to adjust to living in a world made upside down by distortin googles
True
False
Perception is influenced by psychological factors such as set and expectations as well as by physiological events
True
False
_______ processing refers to how our knowledge and expectations influence perception
Pychometrics
Top-down
Bottom-up
pychophysics
sensation is to _______ as perception is to ___________
recognizing a stimulus; interpreting a stimulus
detecting a stimulus; recognizing a stimulus
interpreting a stimulus; detecting a stimulus
seeing; hearing
All of the following are laws of perceptual organization EXCEPT
proximity
closure
continuity
disparity
Of the four distinct skin senses, the only one that has definable receptors is
warmth
cold
pressure
pain
Given normal sensory ability, a person standing atop a mountain on a dark, clear night can see a candle flame atop a mountain 30 miles away. This is a description of vision's
difference threshold
just noticable difference
absolute threshold
feature detection
Each time you see your car, it projects a different image on the retinas of your eyes, yet you do not perceive it as changing. This is because of
perceptual set
retinal disparity
perceptual constancy
figure-ground
Studies of the visual cliff have provided evidence that much of depth perception is
learned
innate
innate in lower animals, learned in humans
innate in humans, and learned in lower animals
The phantom limb sensation indicates that
pain is purely sensory phenomenon
the central nervous system plays only a minor role in the experience of pain
pain involves the brain's interpretation of neural activity
all of these are true
The tendency to organize stimuli into smooth, uninterrupted patterns is called
closure
continuity
similarity
proximity
What enables you to feel yourself wiggling your toes even with your eyes closed?
vestibular sense
kinesthesis
the skin senses
sensory interaction
Weber's Law states that
the absolute threshold for any stimulus is a constant
the just noticable difference for any stimulus is a constant
the absolute threshold for any simulus is a constant proportion
the just noticable difference for any stimulus is a constant proportion
An artist paints a tree orchard as that the parallel rows of trees converge at the top of the canvas. Which cue has the artist used to convey distance?
interposition
retinal disparity
linear perspective
figure-ground
Concluding her presentation on sensation and perception, Kelly notes that
perception is bottom-up processing
sensation is top-down processing
without sensation there is no perception
sensation and perception blend into one continuous process
John Locke argued that perception is inborn
True
False
Which one of the following is NOT a monocular depth cue?
light and shadow
relative height
retinal disparity
interposition
The blind spot in our eye results from
lack of receptors at the spot where the optic nerve connects to the retina
the shadow the pupil makes on the retina
competing processing between the visual cortices in the left & right hemispheres
retinal damage from bright light
Gate-Control Theory refers to
which sensory impulses are transmitted first from each sense
which pain messages are preceived
interferring sound waves, causing waves to be undetected
how our minds choose to use either bottom-up or top-down processing
What behavior would be difficult without our vestibular sense
intergrating what we see and hear
writing our name
repeating a list of digits
walking a straight line with our eyes closed
If you had sight in only one eye, which of the following depth cures could you NOT use
texture gradient
convergence
linear perspective
interposition
