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Sensation & Perception

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Being able to detect a single candle flame from 30 miles away on a clear dark night at least 50% of the time is known as:
a)
Weber's Law
b)
Subliminal Stimuli
c)
Difference Threshold
d)
Absolute Threshold
2.
Mary is texting while driving.  She fails to notice the car in front of her has stopped for a red light.  She subsequently crashes into the car.  The reason for the crash is due to
a)
Change Blindness
b)
Choice Blindness
c)
Cocktail Party Effect
d)
Selective Attention
3.
Which type of processing looks at the whole picture and uses previous experiences to make determinations?
a)
Top-down processing
b)
Bottom-up processing
c)
Concurrent processing
d)
Parallel processing
4.
Which theory of color vision states that the thalmaus will produce afterimages of black-white, red-green, and blue-yellow colors when overly stimulated?
a)
Young-Helmholtz
b)
Place
c)
Parallel Processing
d)
Opponent Processing
5.
Billy feels really dizzy after riding a rollercoaster at the local state fair.  His dizziness is caused by his
a)
cochlea
b)
vestibular sense
c)
kinesthesis sense
d)
thalamus
6.
A nurse is at the end of her 10-hour shift and accidentally reads a patients chart incorrectly and gives the patient a dose of medication they did not need. According to signal detection, the nurse had a
a)
hit
b)
miss
c)
correct rejection
d)
false alarm
7.
This part of the eye carries the message from your eye to the part of your brain that controls vision. 
a)
cornea
b)
lens
c)
optic nerve
d)
retina
8.
4. Your cells in your nose that can pick up smell are known as..
a)
Taste buds
b)
Nose buds
c)
Olfactory cells
d)
Plutonic cells
9.
part of ear that provides equilibrium
a)
cochlea
b)
round window
c)
semicircular canals
d)
labyrinth
10.
Spherical structure behind the cornea.  It focuses light onto the retina.
a)
Retina
b)
Lens
c)
Pupil
d)
Sclera
11.
Controls how much light enters the eye by changes the size of the pupil. It is also the color part of your eye.
a)
iris
b)
cornea
c)
Retina
d)
pupil
12.
A principle that states, for any change in a stimulus to be detected, a constant proportion of that stimulus must be added or subtracted.  
a)
Gate-Control Theory
b)
Weber's Law
c)
Difference Threshold
d)
Multiple constant 
13.

When a stimulus activates a receptor.

a)

Sensation

b)

Perception

c)

Recognition

d)

Response system

14.
This theory states that we can lessen some pains by shifting our attention away from pain impulses.  
a)
Pain perception method
b)
Gate-Control Theory
c)
Acute sensation deprivation
d)
Theory of relativity
15.
The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.  
a)
Senstation
b)
Perception
c)
Gestalt Awareness
d)
Sensory organization
16.

Almost half the birds in the tree outside Brian's window were brown and the rest were red, so Brian perceived them as two different groups of birds. This best illustrates...

a)

proximity

b)

closure

c)

similarity

d)

connectedness

e)

disparity

17.

The coiled, fluid filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called...

a)

eustachian tube

b)

auditory canal

c)

semicircular canal

d)

cochlea

e)

vestibular aparatus

18.

The process by which your ears convert sound waves to neural impulses is called...

a)

sensory adaptation

b)

accommodation

c)

parallel processing

d)

sensory introduction

e)

Transduction

19.

A person's diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus is known as...

a)

accomodation

b)

parallel processing

c)

sensory adaptation

d)

transduction

e)

sensory equilibrium

20.

What is the first part of the eye that light hits?

a)

lens

b)

cornea

c)

pupil

d)

retina

e)

iris

21.

The word Gestalt means

a)

Whole/shape/form

b)

Psychonanalysis

c)

mind

d)

behaviour

22.

Identify the next Law

a)

Law of Closure

b)

Law of focal point

c)

Law of Good figure

23.

Identify the Law

a)

Law of Similarity

b)

law of proximity

c)

Law of continuation

24.

Identify the Law

a)

Law of circles

b)

Law of Proximity

c)

law of Grouping

25.

Identify the Law

a)

Law of the Jungle

b)

Law of whole

c)

Law of figure and ground

26.

Gives us feedback about the position and orientation of specific body parts

a)

vestibuler sense

b)

absolute threshold

c)

kinesthetic sense

d)

difference threshold

27.

Activated when our skin is indented, pierced or experiences a change in temperature

a)

smell

b)

touch

c)

smell

d)

seeing

28.
What part of the ear sends signals to the brain?
a)
optic nerve
b)
ear canal
c)
auditory nerve
d)
middle ear
29.

In the opponent-process theory, the three pairs of processes are

a)

red-green/blue-yellow/black-white

b)

red-blue/green-yellow/black-white

c)

red-yellow/blue-green/black-white

d)

dependent upon the individual's experiences

30.

After staring at this image for a few seconds and then shifting your gaze to a neutral surface you should see a(n) __________ this provides evidence for the __________ theory of color vision

a)

after image/ trichromatic

b)

after image/ opponent-process

c)

after image/ figure-ground

d)

after image/ feature detection

31.

The following picture is of a cochlear implant. This is designed to correct...

a)

stimulation deafness

b)

conduction deafness

c)

sensory neural deafness

d)

auditory misalignment

32.
Photoreceptors that detect grey tones in low light are called...
a)
Rods
b)
Cones
33.
If an elderly person thinks that food does not taste as good as it used to, what is the likely reason?
a)
a decline in his or her kinesthetic senses
b)
a decline in his or her cochlea
c)
a decline in his or her vestibular system
d)
a decline in her or his olfaction
34.

A psychologist studying signal detection theory would be most interested in

a)

subliminal advertising

messages.

b)

the ability of a person to gain information without using the five senses

c)

the minimum amount of light a person can see.

d)

how a radio operator distinguishes between blips on a radar screen.

35.

If we did not have cones in our eyes, we would not see

a)

colors

b)

shapes

c)

sizes

d)

distant objects

36.

A person sees Object A in its entirety, but part of Object B’s outline is interrupted by Object A. According to the overlapping cue, what can that person conclude about these objects?

a)

Object A is larger than Object B

b)

Object A is smaller than Object B.

c)

Object A is closer than Object B.

d)

Object A is farther away than Object B.

37.
The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time is called
a)
absolute threshold
b)
difference threshold
c)
sensory adaptation
d)
subliminal perception
38.
Depth cues that only require one require one eye are
a)
Binocular Cue
b)
Trichronocular Cue
c)
Monocular Cue
d)
Single Vision Transparency
39.

back of the eye, takes light and changes it to nerve signals

a)

lens

b)

sclera

c)

optic nerve

d)

retina

40.

black circle, allows light to enter the eye

a)

iris

b)

pupil

c)

optic nerve

d)

retina

41.

The place where the optic nerve leaves the retina, where there are no light-sensitive cells is the ________________.

a)

lens

b)

cornea

c)

blind spot

d)

sclera

42.
When sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate, these vibrations are immediately passed on to the_________.
a)
outer ear and ear canal
b)
inner ear
c)
tiny hairs
d)
three small bones in the middle ear
43.
What unit do we use to measure sound?
a)
decibels
b)
inches
c)
pounds
d)
centimeters
44.
Identify the order in which sound travels through the ear 
a)
hammer, stirrup, anvil, eardrum, ear canal
b)
ear canal, eardrum, hammer, stirrup, anvil 
c)
ear canal, eardrum, hammer, anvil, stirrup
d)
eardrum, ear canal, hammer, anvil, stirrup
45.

The amplitude of electromagnetic waves determines the ________ of light.

a)

absolute threshold

b)

brightness

c)

hue

d)

difference threshold

e)

wavelength

46.

The pitch of a sound is determined by what?

a)

the frequency of the sound wave

b)

the amplitude of the sound wave

c)

the loudness of the sound wave

d)

the decibel level of the sound wave

e)

the vestibular level of the sound wave

47.

The rupture of the eardrum can lead to

a)

sensorineural hearing loss.

b)

disruption of the vestibular system.

c)

feeling disembodied.

d)

conduction hearing loss.

e)

change deafness.

48.

Current research on pitch perception suggests that

a)

the place theory best explains how we hear different pitches.

b)

the frequency theory is the most comprehensive in explaining pitch perception.

c)

the place and frequency theories correctly explain different aspects of how we hear pitch.

d)

both the place and frequency theories are wrong in explaining how we hear different pitches.

e)

opponent-process theory shows more promise than either place or frequency theories in explaining pitch perception.

49.
Clues about distance requiring two eyes.
a)
monocular depth cues
b)
place theory
c)
binocular depth cues
50.
Which of the following is not a monocular cue for depth?
a)
convergence
b)
texture gradient
c)
linear perspective
d)
shadowing
51.
A binocular cue that allows for depth perception when images from the two eyes differ 
a)
Relative size 
b)
Color Constancy
c)
Linear perception
d)
Retinal Disparity
52.

This is an example of what type of monocular depth cue?

a)

Texture gradient

b)

Linear perspective

c)

interposition

d)

motion parallax

53.
Information processing that begins with sensory receptors and works up into the brain.
a)
top down processing
b)
subliminal processing
c)
bottom up processing
54.

Charles and his wife are at a baseball game, yet are able to have a conversation with each other in spite of all the noise around them. which principle best explains this scenario

a)

Weber's law

b)

Cocktail party effect

c)

Top down processing

d)

Sensory adaption

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