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Sensation and Perception Principles

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 11mins

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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 ____.

habituation

accommodation

sensory adaptation

subliminal perception

The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time is called

absolute threshold

difference threshold

sensory adaptation

subliminal perception

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

just noticeable difference.

absolute threshold.

subliminal threshold.

minimal threshold.

The point at which a change in sensory stimulation is detected is called the

absolute threshold

psychological equation

just noticeable difference

Weber effect

Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.

encoding; detection

detection; interpretation

interpretation; organization

threshold; transduction

The cocktail party effect provides an example of:

the phi phenomenon

selective attention

perceptual constancy

perceptual set

Being able to see a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night is the

Absolute threshold for human vision

Difference threshold for human vision

Perceived threshold for human vision

Ratio threshold for human vision

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

Kinesthesis systems

Gestalt ratios

Absolute thresholds

Vestibular systems

Racial and ethnic stereotypes can sometimes bias our perceptions of others' behaviors. This best illustrates the impact of:

retinal disparity

interposition

top-down processing

perceptual adaptation

10.

If you move your watchband up your wrist an inch or so, you will feel it for only a few moments. This best illustrates:

parallel processing

accommodation

sensory adaption

Weber's Law

11.

Juan is reading an important letter when he accidentally splashes water on the paper. The water has smudged a few words, but he is still able to understand what the letter says. This can be explained by

Top down processing

bottom up processing

retinal disparity

parallel processing

12.

Process by which our sensory systems convert stimulus energies into neural messages is called

Priming

Sensory Adaptation

Transduction

Parallel Processing

13.

Shaniqua, a math major, sees the drawing above as a Venn diagram. Her brother, an art major, sees it as two circles. The difference in perception is an example of

synesthesia

stimulus variation

stereotyping

top down processing

14.

On his first day of work at the bakery, Jo was nearly overwhelmed by the sweet odor of the cookies. However, by lunchtime, he did not even notice the smell. This is an

example of

habituation

sensory adaptation

discrimination

absolute threshold

15.

Although Manuel was sitting right next to his parents, he smelled a skunk minutes before they did. Apparently, Manuel has a lower ________ for skunk odor than his parents have.

accommodation level

absolute threshold

tolerance level

adaptation level

16.

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

just noticeable difference.

absolute threshold.

subliminal threshold.

minimal threshold.

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Sensation and Perception Principles

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 11mins

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