WorksheetsConcept Check - Principles of Sensation and Perception
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 26mins
Sam accurately identified tones ranging from 40 Hz - 18,000 Hz more than 50% of the time. For Sam, a tone of 40 Hz represents
The JND, or just noticeable difference
The absolute threshold
A subliminal stimulus
Extrasensory perception
Sam accurately identified tones ranging from 40 Hz - 18,000 Hz more than 50% of the time. For Sam, a tone of 20 Hz represents
Selective attention
The absolute threshold
The difference threshold
A subliminal stimulus
The process by which we select, organize, and interpret sensory information in order to recognize meaningful objects and events is called
sensation
perception
inattentional blindness
parallel processing
Because she was focused on listening to the news on the radio, Mrs. Nguyen didn't perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates
choice blindness
sensory adaptation
selective attention
top-down processing
According to Weber's Law, if the just-noticeable difference for a 10-ounce weight is 1 ounce, the just noticeable difference for an 80-ounce weight would be ________ ounce(s).
8
4
2
1
Which of the following is an example of sensory adaptation?
Becoming increasingly irritated at the continuous sound of a dripping faucet
Developing an increased sensitivity to salt the more you use it in foods
Finding the cold water of a swimming pool more tolerable after you’ve spent a few minutes in it
Being unable to recognize that a car has swerved into your lane and is about to cause a head-on collision
When carrying a 100-pound backpack, Paige is only able to detect that the back as gotten heavier after adding a 10 pound weight. In this case, 10 pounds represents her
Difference threshold
Stimulus generalization
Sensory adaptation
Maximal threshold
________________ refers to how the physical characteristics of stimuli influence their interpretation.
Top-down processing
The cocktail party phenomenon
Perceptual sets
Bottom-up processing
The differences in the interpretation of the image above between Westerners and rural Africans can be explained by
The cocktail party phenomenon
Change blindness
Differences in signal detection
Differences in perceptual sets
The aibilty of our brinas to udnresatnd tihs snenctee is bset ilultsaretd by the cnopect of
Selective attention
Just-noticeable difference
Top-down processing
Bottom-up processing
In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.
dichromat; monochromat
black and white; color
detail; peripheral vision
top-down processing; bottom-up processing
The phenomenon of color constancy best demonstrates that
the retina has three types of color receptors
color vision depends on pairs of opposing retinal processes
the brain processes information about color and shape simultaneously
an object's perceived color is influenced by its surrounding objects
Half of the girls on the soccer team were wearing blue and half were wearing green, so Brian perceived them as two different groups of birds. This best illustrates
proximity
similarity
closure
figure-ground
What color afterimage would occur after viewing the color blue?
red
green
white
yellow
The process by which your eyes convert light waves into neural impulses is called
top-down processing
sensory adaptation
transduction
retinal disparity
A person typically fails to consciously perceive their own nose in their line of vision. This best illustrates
selective attention
change blindness
Gestalt principle of proximity
sensory adaptation
While waiting for his drink at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer right next to him faint. This is an example of
bottom-up processing
inattentional blindness
size constancy
interposition
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
change blindness
absolute threshold
Weber's law
signal-detection theory
What three primary colors of light are detected by your cones?
Black, gray, and white
Blue, red, and yellow
Cyan, magenta, and yellow
Green, red, and blue
Light waves entering the eye will first hit the
pupil
lens
cornea
retina
The pupil can dilate in low-light environments due to the relaxation of the
lens
ganglion cells
thalamus
iris
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
intensity of subliminal stimuli
absolute threshold
just noticeable difference, or difference threshold
parallel processing power of the human eye
Which cells for visual processing are located closest to the back of the retina?
bipolar cells
photoreceptors - rods and cones
the visual cortex
ganglion cells
A string of sequentially flashing Christmas lights appears to generate pulsating waves of motion. This best illustrates:
continuity
the phi phenomenon
retinal disparity
sensory adaptation
The fact that humans can perceive color vision afterimages best supports the
Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory
activation-information model
activation-synthesis theory
opponent process theory
Transduction in the human eye occurs in the
rods and cones of the retina
optic nerve
lens
cornea
Which of the following is the correct order of structures light passes through in the eye?
lens, cornea, retina, iris, pupil
pupil, cornea, retina, lens, ganglion cells
cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina
cornea, lens, bipolar cells, iris, ganglion cells
Which of the following represents the correct order of neural transduction from the retina to the visual cortex?
Photoreceptors, bipolar cells, ganglion cells, optic nerve, thalamus, cortex
Rods and cones, optic nerve, ganglion cells, hypothalamus, cortex
Photoreceptors, ganglion cells, bipolar cells, optic nerve, cortex, thalamus
Rods and cones, lens, retina, fovea, optic tract, cortex
The cones of the eye primarily help us see
Black and white
Depth
Visual stimuli in our peripheral vision
Color
A reversible figure, such as the vase/face figure, makes use of which principle of perception?
Closure
Similarity
Figure-ground
Proximity
A person with an eye patch over one eye would lack which of the following depth perception cues?
Convergence
Interposition
Atmospheric gradient
Linear perspective
Which monocular depth perception cue is best illustrated here?
Retinal disparity
Similarity
Interposition
Texture gradient
This principle explains our different perceptions of the dots on the left and the dots on the right.
Priming
Figure-ground
Closure
Proximity
The logo above for the World Wildlife Foundation is an example of this Gestalt principle:
Figure-ground
Closure
Proximity
Relative size
Renaissance painters frequently used this technique, in which all lines seem to recede to a common vanishing point, to create the illusion of depth
Connectedness
Continuity
Linear perspective
Texture gradient
