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WorksheetsSENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
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)
What is the name of the physical processing of environmental stimuli by the sense organs?
(a)
The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.
perception
sensation
bottom-up processing
sensory adaptation
Gestalt principle?
Continuation
Proximity
Closure
Figure/Ground
These people believed that “the whole may exceed the sum of its parts” is:
Parapsychology
Psychophysics
Functional psychology
Gestalt psychology
Which of the following statements is consistent with the Gestalt theory of perception?
Perception develops largely through learning
Perception is the product of heredity
The mind organizes sensations into meaningful perceptions
Perception results directly from sensation
Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of:
Closure
Proximity
Continuity
Similarity
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
The way in which you quickly group the individual letters in this test item into separate words best illustrates the principle of:
closure.
proximity/grouping
continuity
convergence
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?
closure
proximity
continuity
similarity
Figures tend to be perceived as whole, complete objects, even if spaces or gaps exist in the representation, thus demonstrating the principle of:
Closure
Proximity
Interposition
Similarity
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:
Linear perspective
Shape constancy
Retinal disparity
Perceptual sets
