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Quiz on Sensation and Perception

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______ is the window to the world and _______ interpreting what comes into your window.

a)

Perception; sensation

b)

Sensation; perception

c)

Reception; transduction

d)

Transduction; interpretation

2.

________ is the process where light waves reach your eyes or sound waves reach your ears.

a)

Signal reception

b)

Signal transduction

c)

Signal organization

d)

Signal interpretation

3.

T/F. "Signal" in signal reception or transduction processes refer to a physical stimulus such as an object in the environment.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

T/F. A "stimulus" is any object, event, person, or just anything that is received by the senses and creates a reaction.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Since the brain cannot directly organize chemicals coming in to your nose and tongue, these are translated into neural impulse. This process is called:

a)

Signal reception

b)

Signal transduction

c)

Signal organization

d)

Signal interpretation

6.

Since light waves and sound waves cannot be interpreted directly by the brain, these are converted into neural impulse called _______.

a)

Consciousness

b)

Action potential

c)

Electrostatic force

d)

Saltatory conduction

7.

While looking at this letter "W", your brain recognizes this as four black lines that are joined at the bottom and on the top. This process of combining the raw materials is called:

a)

Signal reception

b)

Signal transduction

c)

Signal organization

d)

Signal interpretation

8.

In the image above, your brain combines the random black spots and recognizes the image of a dog. This process is called:

a)

Signal reception

b)

Signal transduction

c)

Signal organization

d)

Signal interpretation

9.

In the image above, your brain identifies these black a collection of black shapes. What is this process of combining raw materials but without assigning meaning to them yet?

a)

Signal reception

b)

Signal transduction

c)

Signal organization

d)

Signal interpretation

10.

When light strikes the retina, the specialized cells are activated converting the light waves into a neural impulse. This process is called:

a)

Signal reception

b)

Signal transduction

c)

Signal organization

d)

Signal interpretation

11.

In broad terms, the areas in the brain where signal organization occurs are often described as _____.

a)

Sensory association cortices

b)

Primary sensory cortices

c)

Corpus callosum

d)

Prefrontal cortex

12.

In broad terms, the areas of the brain associated with creating meaning and interpreting raw sensations are identified as:

a)

Primary sensory cortices

b)

Sensory association cortices

c)

Cingulate cortex

d)

Cerebellum

13.

_______ is the process of physical stimulus entering the sensory organ.

a)

Signal reception

b)

Signal transduction

c)

Signal organization

d)

Signal interpretation

14.

_____ is the process of combining neural signal into an interpretable message.

a)

Signal reception

b)

Signal transduction

c)

Signal organization

d)

Signal interpretation

15.

_____ is the process of transforming physical stimulus into a neural signal.

a)

Signal reception

b)

Signal transduction

c)

Signal organization

d)

Signal interpretation

16.

_____ is the process of assigning meaning to the organized signal based on memory and modules.

a)

Signal reception

b)

Signal transduction

c)

Signal organization

d)

Signal interpretation

17.

_____ is the minimum amount of sensory stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time.

a)

Absolute threshold

b)

Difference threshold

c)

Weber's Law

d)

Sensory adaptation

18.

You are able to taste a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in 2 gallons. Any more water or any less sugar would not register in your sense of taste. This is an example of:

a)

Absolute threshold

b)

Difference threshold

c)

Weber's Law

d)

Sensory adaptation

19.

_____ observed that the JND for all the senses depends on a proportion or percentage of change rather than a fixed amount of change.

a)

Max Wertheimer

b)

BF Skinner

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Ernst Weber

20.

The image above shows the transformation of McDonalds logo. The smallest amount of change in the logo detectable by human perception is referred to as:

a)

Sensory adaptation

b)

Weber's Law

c)

Absolute threshold

d)

Difference threshold

21.

_____ refers to the decreased responsiveness to a stimuli due to constant stimulation.

a)

Sensory adaptation

b)

Weber's Law

c)

Absolute threshold

d)

Difference threshold

22.

You do not always feel your wristwatch or bracelet all the time because your body is used to the feeling of something in your wrist and tends to put it below awareness. This is called:

a)

Sensory adaptation

b)

Weber's Law

c)

Absolute threshold

d)

Difference threshold

23.

Which of the following are chemical senses? Check all that apply.

a)

Visual sense

b)

Smell sense

c)

Touch sense

d)

Hearing sense

e)

Taste sense

24.

Which of the following are physical/ energy senses? Check all that apply.

a)

Visual sense

b)

Smell sense

c)

Touch sense

d)

Hearing sense

e)

Taste sense

25.

In the image above, letter E is the part of the eye that opens up or closes down the pupil is called:

a)

Lens

b)

Retina

c)

Cornea

d)

Iris

26.

In the image above, letter C is the part of the back of the eye where the photoreceptors are located. This is called:

a)

Lens

b)

Retina

c)

Cornea

d)

Iris

27.

In the image above, letter B is a part of the back of the eye where vision is the sharpest and most sensitive to detail. This is called:

a)

Blind spot

b)

Fovea

c)

Retina

d)

Optic nerve

28.

T/F. The blind spot is blind because there are no photoreceptor cells in it because it is where the blood vessels and the optic nerve enter the eyes.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

T/F. We do not notice the blind spot in our every day vision because the eye moves constantly around filling in the blanks in our vision.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

_____ are sensitive to light (brightness) while ____ are sensitive to color.

a)

Cones; rods

b)

Rods; cones

c)

Both are cones

d)

Both are rods

31.

The organ for transduction in our visual sensory system is the:

a)

Lens

b)

Photoreceptor cells

c)

Optic nerve

d)

Iris

32.

T/F. Information from the left visual field go the the left side of the brain while information from the right visual field go to the right side of the brain.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Which lobe of the brain is associated with the function of visual sensation and perception?

a)

Frontal lobe

b)

Temporal lobe

c)

Occipital lobe

d)

Parietal lobe

34.

______ is the part of the brain that is associated with the function of combining visual sensory information recognizable images.

a)

Primary visual cortex

b)

Visual association cortex

c)

Cingulate cortex

d)

Prefrontal cortex

35.

_____ is the part of the brain that is associated with the function of interpreting visual information into meaningful images.

a)

Primary visual cortex

b)

Visual association cortex

c)

Cingulate cortex

d)

Prefrontal cortex