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AP Psychology - Sensation and Perception Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Minimum difference between any two stimuli that a person can detect 50% of the time.
a)
Weber's Law
b)
Absolute threshold
c)
Difference threshold
2.
The weakest level of a stimulus that can be correctly detected at least 50% of the time.
a)
opponent process theory
b)
absolute threshold
c)
perceptual constancy
3.
Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus. 
a)
selective attention
b)
Weber's Law
c)
parallel processing
4.
The study of paranormal events that investigates claims of ESP. 
a)
perceptual constancy
b)
hypnosis
c)
parapsychology
5.
Information processing that begins with sensory receptors and works up into the brain.
a)
top down processing
b)
subliminal processing
c)
bottom up processing
6.
Receiving messages below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness.  
a)
Weber's law
b)
difference threshold
c)
subliminal stimulation
7.
Difference thresholds increase in proportion to the size of the stimulus.
a)
Difference threshold
b)
Weber's law
c)
Absolute threshold
8.

Temporary decrease in sensitivity to a stimulus that occurs when stimulation is unchanging. (nose blindness - like when you don't notice a musty smell after a few minutes)

a)

absolute threshold

b)

schemas

c)

sensory adaptation

9.
information processing guided by your pre existing knowledge or expectations to construct perceptions.
a)
top down processing
b)
Bottom up processing
c)
parallel processing
10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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)

Weber's law

b)

signal detection theory

c)

difference threshold

d)

absolute threshold

14.
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
15.
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
16.

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

17.
Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.
a)
encoding; detection
b)
detection; interpretation
c)
interpretation; organization
d)
threshold; transduction
18.
The cocktail party effect provides an example of:
a)
the phi phenomenon
b)
selective attention
c)
perceptual constancy
d)
perceptual set
19.

Perceptual set is...

a)

seeing something in a different way

b)

a predisposition to perceive something in accordance with our expectations

c)

perceiving something in a way that is consistent with others

d)

failing to perceive something

20.

What factors may lead to someone forming a perceptual set or expectancy?

a)

context, motivation, emotional state

b)

internal factor like motivation and emotional state

c)

situations, feelings, behaviours

d)

context, motivation, emotional state, past experience, culture

21.
Alice is eating a piece of fruit. After a while, she notices that the fruit tastes less sweet and tangy than it did when she first bit into it. Alice is experiencing ____.
a)
habituation
b)
accommodation
c)
sensory adaptation
d)
subliminal perception
22.
Which of the following processes has begun as soon as special receptor cells for the senses are activated?
a)
perception
b)
adaptation
c)
habituation
d)
sensation
23.
A researcher presents two lights of varying brightness to a subject who is asked to respond "same" or "different" by comparing their intensities. The researcher is seeking the
a)
just noticeable difference.
b)
absolute threshold.
c)
subliminal threshold.
d)
minimal threshold.
24.

A woman without sensory adaptation would

a)

not see different colors

b)

be continuously bothered by street noises outside her house

c)

find it impossible to distinguish light and sound waves

d)

not be able to distinguish between hot and cold sensations

25.

Juan's bag of marbles is twice as heavy as Beth's. If it takes 5 extra marbles to make Beth's bag feel heavier, it will take 10 extra marbles to make Juan's bag feel heavier. This best illustrates

a)

absolute threshold

b)

difference threshold

c)

sensory adaptation

d)

closure

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