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Sensation and Perception Formative

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Receptors that are responsible for transferring light into neural impulses.  
a)
Rods & Cones of Retina
b)
Optic Stem
c)
Cornea
d)
Iris
2.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary sensory experiences that make up taste?  
a)
Sweet
b)
Sour
c)
Bitter
d)
Warmth
3.
Smell is transmitted to the brain via the.....
a)
Optic Nerve
b)
Olfactory Nerve
c)
Auditory (chochlear nerve)
d)
Sensory Nerve
4.
The weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half of the time.  
a)
Differnce threshold
b)
Absolute threshold
c)
Gate threshold
d)
Subliminal message
5.
This system controls the balance of the body.  
a)
Vestibular System
b)
Kinesthetic System
c)
Vision system
d)
Internal system
6.
Encoding --> ______________________ --> Retrieval 
a)
Locking
b)
Storage
c)
Filing
d)
Creating
7.
Which cells for visual processing are located closest to the back of the retina?
a)
bipolar cells
b)
rods and cones
c)
subliminal cells
d)
feature detectors
8.
The basilar membrane is lined with:
a)
hues
b)
olfactory receptors
c)
bipolar cells
d)
hair cells
9.
Which of the following is NOT one of the basic tastes?    
a)
sweet
b)
salty
c)
umami
d)
bland
10.
Vibration is crucial to which sense?
a)
sight
b)
hearing
c)
smell
d)
taste
11.
If an elderly person thinks that food does not taste as good as it used to, what is the likely reason?
a)
a decline in his or her kinesthetic senses
b)
a decline in his or her cochlea
c)
a decline in his or her vestibular system
d)
a decline in her or his olfaction
12.

Damage to the olfactory nerve might prevent a person from

a)

seeing a traffic light change.

b)

hearing birds chirp.

c)

smelling freshly baked bread.

d)

feeling the texture of

a curtain.

13.

What is Signal Detection theory?

a)

Ability to detect various sounds and colors

b)

Ability to focus on one stimulus and ignore others

c)

Ability to see traffic signals

14.

The coiled, fluid filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called...

a)

eustachian tube

b)

auditory canal

c)

semicircular canal

d)

cochlea

e)

vestibular aparatus

15.

The classic gate-control theory suggests that pain is experienced when small nerve fibers activate and open a neural gate in the...

a)

basilar membrane

b)

spinal cord

c)

semicircular canal

d)

olfactory bulbs

e)

fovea

16.

Which brain component routes all sensory information, except olfaction, to its appropriate brain region for processing?

a)

Somatosensory Cortex

b)

Frontal Lobe

c)

Thalamus

d)

Medulla

17.

The process by which your ears convert sound waves to neural impulses is called...

a)

sensory adaptation

b)

accommodation

c)

parallel processing

d)

sensory introduction

e)

Transduction

18.

What is this?

a)

Ear Drum

b)

Ear Canal

c)

Pinna

d)

Hammer

e)

Cochlea

19.

What is this?

a)

Pinna

b)

Hearing Nerve

c)

Cochlea

d)

Ear Drum

e)

Anvil

20.

This is the passageway that sends signals to olfactory bulb.

a)

olfactory bulb

b)

olfactory nerve

c)

olfactory epithelium