WorksheetsSensation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
Artie's sensory receptors for hearing are being stimulated by sound waves. This illustrates
perception
sensation
transduction
all of the above
Helen's rods and cones are converting information about light waves into a neural signal. This is an example of
sensation
perception
transduction
none of the above
Steve can hear a sound half the time it is presented. This illustrates the
absolute threshold
difference threshold
auditory effect
guessing effect
Joe's sneakers smell awful to his teammates, but he doesn't notice it much at all. The best explanation for this is
his nose is damaged
his teammates are teasing him
sensory adaptation
sensory failure
Sensory information from all EXCEPT which sense passes through the thalamus?
vision
hearing
taste
touch
smell
which part of the eye changes the size of the pupil?
iris
lens
cornea
retina
You are walking to your dorm around 9pm. The receptor cells for vision that will help you the most with this are the
rods
cones
bipolar cells
ganglion cells
Which lobe processes touch information?
frontal
temporal
occipital
parietal
The largest lobe of the brain is the
parietal
frontal
temporal
occipital
What area of Phineas Gage's brain was affected by his tamping rod accident?
Thalamus
Prefrontal cortex
Frontal lobe
Hypothalamus
