WorksheetsUnit 2 Sensation and Perception
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which order is correct?
reception; transduction; transmission; interpretation
reception; transmission; transduction; interpretation
interpretation; transduction; transmission; reception
transduction; transmission; reception; interpretation
Where in the brain is visual stimuli interpreted?
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
Occipital lobe
Frontal
What is the brain structure that sorts sensory information?
Cerebral cortex
Thalumus
Hypothalamus
Midbrain
What is the function of the cerebral cortex?
To transduce sensory information
To transmit sensory information
To combine sensory information with existing information
To interpret sensory information
The ability to recognise the difference between sensory stimuli is called ....
Differential threshold
Absolute threshold
Reception
Interpretation
The scientific measure of the absolute threshold is ...
The maximum amount of energy required for a stimulus to be detected
The smallest perceptible difference between stimuli that can be perceived roughly 50% of the time
The lowest level of a stimulus that can be perceived roughly 50% of the time
The sharpness of your sense and your ability to perceive it
Touch sensation is perceived in which brain region?
Primary gustatory cortex
Primary somatosensory cortex
Parietal lobe
Primary olfactory cortex
Transduction is...
The process in which sensory information is interpreted by the appropriate brain region
The process in which sensory information is detected by the appropriate receptive field
The process in which sensory information is sorted by the midbrain
The process in which raw sensory information is changed into a form that can be sent to the brain
A receptive field is...
the area of space that provides sensory stimulation to the appropriate receptor
the organ that collects sensory information
the cell that collects and transducts sensory information
the energy that is received by sensory receptors and perceived by the brain
Which of the following is NOT true?
Perception cannot occur without transmission
Sensation of stimuli occurs in a receptive field made up of receptor cells designed to detect specific types of information
Interpretation of sensory information relies on memory
Perception is only a biological process and not connected to psychological processes
Bob wants to test whether students who give apples to their teachers receive higher scores on their exam. In order to test this, Bob gives his Psychology teacher an apple after each lesson, and does not give his PE teacher an apple.
Identify the IV and the DV in this case
Receiving an apple; exam scores
Quality of his grades; the teacher's reaction to the fruit
Exam scores; Receiving an apple
Subject; Exam scores
Mary is conducting an experiment into the effects of sleep on VCE study scores. She designs an experiment using two groups: one that gets 8 hours sleep every night, and one that does not have a designated number of hours.
Identify the experimental and control groups.
8 hours sleep every night; no designated number of hours
No designated number of hours; 8 hours sleep every night
Mary is conducting an experiment into the effects of sleep on VCE study scores. She designs an experiment using two groups: one that gets 8 hours sleep every night, and one that does not have a designated number of hours.
Which of the following is NOT an extraneous variable that may influence the results of the study?
Student stress levels
The colour of the participants' hair
Amount of revision
Random sampling
