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WorksheetsSensation and Perception Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 12mins
Since the image of a person approaching grows larger in our eyes, why do we not perceive that person turning into a giant?
Our eyes recognize that images of giants are illusions.
Brightness constancy reveals the true size of the person.
We unconsciously move our head to apply the motion parallax cue.
We perceive that distance is decreasing.
A procedure that considers only one part of the stimuli presented at a time is called
preattentive process.
automatic process.
attentive process.
simultaneous process.
Which of the following is one of the sensory experiences that makes up taste?
brittle
bitter
crunchy
chewy
Being able to see a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night is the
perceived threshold for human vision.
difference threshold for human vision.
absolute threshold for human vision.
ratio threshold for human vision.
A sensation may be combined with other sensations and past experiences to yield a
ratio.
motion parallax.
constancy.
perception.
Vibration is crucial to which sense?
sight
taste
smell
hearing
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?
black or gray
white or gray, depending on the object's reflectivity
purple
any color except purple, depending on the object's density
Problems with the vestibular system would likely cause a person to
not recognize shapes or colors.
fail to identify sound locations.
not be bothered by touching hot objects.
stumble or fall.
A psychologist studying signal detection theory would be most interested in
the ability of a person to gain information without using the five senses.
subliminal advertising messages.
the minimum about of light a person can see.
how a radio operator distinguishes between blips on a radar screen.
A woman without sensory adaptation would
not see different colors.
be continually bothered by street noises outside her house.
find it impossible to distinguish light and sound waves.
not be able to distinguish between hot or cold sensations.
If we did not have cones in our eyes, we would not see
sizes.
shapes.
distant objects.
colors.
Which of the following is true about subliminal advertising?
People perceive the messages less than 50 percent of the time.
It involves visual but not auditory messages.
The messages are presented above the absolute threshold.
The FCC has encouraged its use to stimulate the economy.
Damage to the olfactory nerve might prevent a person from
feeling the texture of a curtain.
seeing a traffic light change.
smelling freshly baked bread.
hearing birds chirp.
Which of the following is a perception?
viewing a decrease in brightness
hearing an increase in volume
recognizing an object as a car
noting a change in temperature
The theater lights being dimmed right before the start of a movie is an example of a
ratio.
stroop effect.
stimulus.
perception.
A person sees Object A in its entirety, but part of Object B's outline is interrupted by Object A. According to the overlapping cue, what can that person conclude about these objects?
Object A is smaller than Object B.
Object A is farther away than Object B.
Object A is larger than Object B.
Object A is closer than Object B.
Gestalt principles of organization explain how we
create illusions by distorting perceptions.
see images and hear sounds.
gain information by some means other than the ordinary senses.
group our sensations to make sense of the world.
Which of the following is true about rods and cones?
Rods are similar to color film and cones are similar to black-and-white film.
Rods are more sensitive to lower levels of light than cones.
There are more cones in the retina than rods.
Rods are photoreceptors, while cones are not.
In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.
light/ color
color/ light
monochromat/ dichromat
dichromat/ monochromat
lens/ iris
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...
proximity
closure
similarity
disparity
Minimum difference between two stimuli that a subject can detect is
Difference threshold
Absolute threshold
Signal detection theory
Sensory Adaptation
Hue (color) and pitch refers to
Wavelength
Amplitude
Transduction
Sound
Conversion of one form of energy to another refers to
Wavelength
Amplitude
Transduction
Senses
Audition is...
The sense of sight
The sense of smell
The sense of hearing
The sense of taste
What is the primary function of the cochlea in the human ear?
To balance air pressure
To convert sound waves into neural signals
To protect the inner ear
To amplify sound waves
Which of the following best describes the role of the iris in the eye?
Providing nutrients to the eye
Regulating the amount of light entering the eye
Converting light into electrical signals
Focusing light onto the retina
When you smell a rose, the scent is detected by
the auditory nerve.
the optic nerve.
the gustatory cells.
the olfactory receptors.
What is the primary function of the rods in the human eye?
Perceiving depth
Focusing on distant objects
Detecting light intensity
Detecting color
Which part of the ear is responsible for converting sound waves into neural signals?
Eardrum
Inner ear
Middle ear
Outer ear
What is the term for the minimum level of stimulus intensity needed for a stimulus to be detected?
Absolute threshold
Difference threshold
Signal detection
Sensory adaptation
Signal detection theory is based on the detection of stimuli in the presence of
competing stimuli.
a single absolute threshold.
optical illusions.
sensory adaptation.
Human perceptions
are never influenced by beliefs and expectations.
do not develop in infants until they are about 7 or 8 months of age.
are always based entirely on current sensory information.
can be improved by active involvement with one’s environment.
Vestibular and kinesthetic senses are examples of
olfactory senses.
external senses.
gustation senses.
internal senses.
An elderly man received a cochlear implant in order to correct his
macular degeneration.
glaucoma.
conduction deafness.
sensorineural deafness.
Perceiving an object despite gaps in what our senses pick up is possible because of
proximity aids.
closure aids.
simplicity aids.
continuity aids.
If an elderly person thinks that food does not taste as good as it used to, what is the likely reason?
a decline in his or her kinesthetic senses
a decline in his or her vestibular system
a decline in his or her gustatory system
a decline in her or his olfactory system
If, when looking up, a person could not discriminate between an aircraft and the blue sky beyond, this would indicate a problem with that person’s
figure-ground perception.
difference threshold.
extrasensory perception.
signal detection ability.
The apparent movement of objects that occurs when one moves one’s head from side to side is called
motion parallax.
interposition.
texture-density gradient.
linear perspective.
The smallest increase or decrease in the intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time is called the
absolute difference.
perception threshold.
ratio threshold.
just noticeable difference.
Which of the following is the correct order for the pathway of sound?
auditory canal, middle ear, outer ear, inner ear
inner ear, middle ear, auditory canal, outer ear
inner ear, middle ear, outer ear, auditory canal
outer ear, auditory canal, middle ear, inner ear
