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SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sound waves have entered Natalie’s ear and traveled through to her auditory nerve. What process that will now take place in which she identifies what the sound is?

(a)  

2.

What is the name of the physical processing of environmental stimuli by the sense organs?

(a)  

3.

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

a)

perception

b)

sensation

c)

bottom-up processing

d)

sensory adaptation

4.

Gestalt principle?

a)

Continuation

b)

Proximity

c)

Closure

d)

Figure/Ground

5.

These people believed that “the whole may exceed the sum of its parts” is:

a)

Parapsychology

b)

Psychophysics

c)

Functional psychology

d)

Gestalt psychology

6.

Which of the following statements is consistent with the Gestalt theory of perception?

a)

Perception develops largely through learning

b)

Perception is the product of heredity

c)

The mind organizes sensations into meaningful perceptions

d)

Perception results directly from sensation

7.

Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of:

a)

Closure

b)

Proximity

c)

Continuity

d)

Similarity

8.

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

a)

parallel processing

b)

accommodation

c)

sensory adaption

d)

Weber's Law

9.

The way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into separate words best illustrates the principle of:

a)

closure.

b)

proximity/grouping

c)

continuity

d)

convergence

10.

In observing a football game on TV we are immediately able to recognize the players as members of their respective teams, regardless of their positions on the field. Which Gestalt principle is most responsible for this ability?

a)

closure

b)

proximity

c)

continuity

d)

similarity

11.

Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of:

a)

Closure

b)

Proximity

c)

Interposition

d)

Similarity

12.

Although carpenter Smith perceived a briefly viewed object as a screwdriver, police officer Wesson perceived the same object as a knife. This illustrates that perception is guided by:

a)

Linear perspective

b)

Shape constancy

c)

Retinal disparity

d)

Perceptual sets