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Psychology- Sensation and Perception

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The sense of movement and body position
a)
Hearing
b)
Sight
c)
Kinesthesis
d)
Olfaction
e)
Touch
2.
Which of the following is a perception?
a)
noting a change in temperature
b)
hearing an increase in volume
c)
recognizing an object as a car
d)
viewing a decrease in brightness
3.
Being able to see a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night is the
a)
absolute threshold for human vision
b)
difference threshold for human vision.
c)
perceived threshold for human vision
d)
ratio threshold for human vision
4.
If an object reflects purple light and absorbs other colors, what color will that object appear to be in daylight to someone with normal color vision?
a)
any color except purple, depending on the object’s density
b)
purple
c)
black or gray
d)
white or gray, depending on the object’s reflectivity
5.
Which of the following is true about rods and cones?
a)
There are more cones in the retina than rods.
b)
Rods are photoreceptors, while cones are not
c)
Rods are sensitive to lower levels of light than cones.
d)
Rods are similar to color film and cones are similar to black-and-white film.
6.
Which of the following is true about rods and cones?
a)
There are more cones in the retina than rods.
b)
Rods are photoreceptors, while cones are not
c)
Rods are sensitive to lower levels of light than cones.
d)
Rods are similar to color film and cones are similar to black-and-white film.
7.
Vibration is crucial to which sense?
a)
sight
b)
hearing
c)
smell
d)
taste
8.
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
9.
Human perception
a)
are always based entirely on current sensory information.
b)
can be improved by active involvement with one’s environment.
c)
are never influenced by beliefs and expectations.
d)
do not develop in infants until they are about 7 or 8 months of age.
10.
A sensation may be combined with other sensations and past experiences to yield a
a)
constancy.
b)
perception.
c)
motion parallax.
d)
ratio.
11.

If a dog hears a whistle that a person cannot hear, this suggests that dogs and humans have different

a)

kinesthesis systems.

b)

Gestalt ratios.

c)

absolute thresholds

d)

vestibular systems.

12.

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.

13.

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

a)

colors

b)

shapes

c)

sizes

d)

distant objects

14.

Damage to the olfactory nerve might prevent a person from

a)

seeing a traffic light change.

b)

hearing birds chirp.

c)

smelling freshly baked bread.

d)

feeling the texture of

a curtain.

15.

Sensation

a)

opening in the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the eye

b)

the tendency to perceive certain objects the same way despite changing conditions

c)

what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor

d)

contains light-sensitive receptor cells

16.

Absolute Threshold

a)

the weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time

b)

filling in the gaps in what our senses tell us

c)

what occurs when a stimulus activates a receptor

d)

organization of sensory information

17.

What is Sensation?

a)

Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell.

b)

refers to how the mind process information

c)

refers to how we store information

18.

Perception ca be defined as-

a)

how we perceive different things

b)

how we interpret the information from the external world

c)

how we sense things from the external world

19.

When information is converted to neural messages they are called:

a)

Transduction

b)

Transportation

c)

Translucent

20.

Absolute threshold refers to

a)

The maximum stimulation required to say anything

b)

minimum usage of sense organs

c)

The minimum stimulation necessary to detect a particular stimulus

21.

What is Signal Detection theory?

a)

Ability to detect various sounds and colors

b)

Ability to focus on one stimulus and ignore others

c)

Ability to see traffic signals

22.

Top down processing refers to

a)

refers to the information coming from a height like top of a table

b)

Top-down processing refers to the use of contextual information in pattern recognition.

c)

refers to the information coming down from a height

23.

Key elements of gestalt psychology are

a)

our mind fills in the gap

b)

Mind seeks to avoid uncertainty

c)

The whole is identified before the parts

d)

all of the above

24.

In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.

a)

light/ color

b)

color/ light

c)

monochromat/ dichromat

d)

dichromat/ monochromat

e)

lens/ iris

25.

What sense helps maintain balance?

a)

Vestibular

b)

Kinesthetic

c)

Proprioception

d)

Audition

e)

Olfaction

26.

The specialized cells in each of the sense organs that collect information to send to the brain are called...

a)

sensory cells

b)

sensory nuerons

c)

bipolar cells

d)

ganglion cells

e)

sensory receptors

27.

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

28.

The area of the brain that receives information from the nose is directly connected to the limbic system, rather than relayed first through the thalamus. This connection may explain why smells are often involved in...

a)

pain sensations

b)

altered states of consciousness

c)

subliminal messages

d)

vivid memories

e)

retinal disparity

29.

The classic gate-control theory suggests that pain is experienced when small nerve fibers activate and open a neural gate in the...

a)

basilar membrane

b)

spinal cord

c)

semicircular canal

d)

olfactory bulbs

e)

fovea

30.

A psychologist believes her patient's chronic pain is influenced by his obsessive thoughts and unnecessary concern that he might be injured again in the future. What school of thought is this psychologist likely from?

a)

Gestalt

b)

Humanist

c)

Cognitive

d)

Biological

e)

Socio-Cultural

31.

Where is the basilar membrane located?

a)

middle ear

b)

auditory canal

c)

semicircular canal

d)

cochlea

e)

feature detected

32.

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

33.

What color afterimage would occur after viewing the color blue?

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

yellow

d)

green

e)

white

34.

What color afterimage would occur after viewing the color blue?

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

yellow

d)

green

e)

white

35.

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

36.

The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant proportion for their difference to be perceived is known as...

a)

opponent process theory

b)

feature detector

c)

sensory interaction

d)

Weber's law

e)

absolute threshold

37.

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

38.

While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...

a)

inattentional blindness

b)

place theory

c)

blind spot

d)

feature detectors

e)

sensory adaptation

39.

Although Bill was seated next to his friend, he was able to smell the burning popcorn a full minute earlier than his friend. Bill must have a lower _________ for smell.

a)

accommodation level

b)

absolute threshold

c)

tolerance level

d)

gustatory saturation level

e)

adaptation level

40.

If you are expecting an important text message, you are much more likely to notice the sound as soon as the message arrives. This best illustrates...

a)

priming

b)

signal detection theory

c)

difference threshold

d)

absolute threshold

e)

Weber's law

41.

What three primary colors of light are detected by your cones?

a)

Green, red, and blue

b)

Black, gray, and white

c)

Blue, red, and yellow

d)

Blue, green, and purple

e)

Cyan, magenta, and yellow

42.

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

a)

lens

b)

cornea

c)

pupil

d)

retina

e)

iris

43.
Receptors that are responsible for transferring light into neural impulses.  
a)
Rods & Cones of Retina
b)
Optic Stem
c)
Cornea
d)
Iris
44.
Smell is transmitted to the brain via the.....
a)
Optic Nerve
b)
Olfactory Nerve
c)
Auditory (chochlear nerve)
d)
Sensory Nerve
45.

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 vision

b)

a decline in his or her cochlea/cilia

c)

a decline in his or her kinesthesis/touch

d)

a decline in her or his olfaction

46.

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

a)

colors

b)

shapes

c)

sizes

d)

distant objects

47.

Which of the following are chemical senses?

a)

touch

b)

smell

c)

taste

d)

vision

e)

hearing

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