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WorksheetsPsych - Unit 2 - Sensation & Perception
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.
a)
Sensation
b)
Difference threshold
c)
Subliminal sensation
d)
Sensory adaptation
2.
Unconscious process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.
a)
Perception
b)
Pupil
c)
Perceptual Set
d)
Relative size
3.
Tendency of sensory receptor cells to become less responsive to a stimulus that is unchanging
a)
Sensory Adaption
b)
Audition
c)
Cochlea
d)
Grouping
4.
When a person cannot see color. A condition in which a person's eyes either have no cones or have cones that are not working at all
a)
Monochrome Colorblindness
b)
Green-Red Colorblindness
c)
Gate Control Theory
d)
Cornea
5.
Which of the following is not one of the 5 primary tastes
a)
Hot
b)
Umami
c)
Sweet
d)
Bitter
6.
A predisposition or tendency to perceive something in a particular way due to past experiences
a)
Perceptual Set
b)
Binocular disparity
c)
Law of Closure
d)
Subliminal
7.
The minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time
a)
Absolute threshold
b)
Perceptual constancy
c)
Sensation
d)
Afterimages
8.
Below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness.
a)
Subliminal
b)
Perception cliff
c)
Sensory deprivation
d)
Adaption
9.
The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time. We experience the difference threshold as a just noticeable difference.
a)
Difference threshold
b)
Somesthetic senses
c)
Kinesthesic sense
d)
Adaption
10.
The principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage (rather than a constant amount)
a)
Weber's law
b)
Afterimages
c)
Cones
d)
Color constancy
11.
Diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation
a)
Sensory adaptation
b)
Linear perspective
c)
Auditory canal
d)
Monocular cues
12.
The adjustable opening in the center of the eye through which light enters
a)
Pupil
b)
Cornea
c)
Iris
d)
Lens
13.
A ring of muscle tissue that forms the colored portion of the eye around the pupil and controls the size of the pupil opening
a)
Iris
b)
Cornea
c)
Lens
d)
Pupil
14.
Focuses light onto the retina
a)
Lens
b)
Cornea
c)
Iris
d)
Pupil
15.
Contains sensory receptors that process visual information and sends it to the brain
a)
Retina
b)
Iris
c)
Cornea
d)
Pupil
16.
retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision, when cones don't respond
a)
Rods
b)
Bells
c)
Cones
d)
Stones
17.
retinal receptor cells that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function in daylight or in well-lit conditions. The cones detect fine detail and give rise to color sensations
a)
Cones
b)
Bowls
c)
Bells
d)
Rods
18.
The nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain
a)
Optic nerve
b)
Gustal nerve
c)
Ulnar nerve
d)
Pistil Nerve
19.
The point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye, creating a "blind" spot because no receptor cells are located there
a)
Blind spot
b)
Pupil
c)
Lens
d)
Cornea
20.
Theory that our brains are structured to organize sensory stimuli into meaningful patterns or groups.
a)
Gestalt Theory of Perception
b)
Sensory Theory of Brains
c)
Nervous Theory
d)
Structural Theory of Nerves
21.
The organization of the visual field into objects (the figures) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground)
a)
Figure-ground
b)
Reversible field
c)
Vestibular sense
d)
Background
22.
The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups
a)
Grouping
b)
Law of Closure
c)
Blind spot
d)
Gestalt Theory of Perception
23.
The ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance
a)
Depth perception
b)
Gate Control Theory
c)
Perceptual adaptation
d)
Reversible Field
24.
slightly different view of the world that each eye receives
a)
Binocular disparity
b)
Sensorineural hearing loss
c)
Absolute threshold
d)
Cochlear implant
25.
a binocular cue for perceiving depth: By comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes, the brain computes distance—the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the closer the object
a)
Retinal disparity
b)
Retina
c)
Difference threshold
d)
Inner ear
26.
depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone
a)
Monocular cues
b)
subliminal perception
c)
Gestalt Theory of Perception
d)
Law of Proximity
27.
perceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent shapes, size, brightness, and color) even as illumination and retinal images change
a)
Perceptual constancy
b)
Ponzo illusion
c)
Cones
d)
Habituation
28.
perceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object
a)
Color constancy
b)
Figure-ground
c)
Sensorineural hearing loss
d)
Olfaction
29.
The ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field
a)
Perceptual adaptation
b)
Depth perception
c)
Sensory Adaption
d)
Sensorineural hearing loss
30.
the sense or act of hearing
a)
Audition
b)
Sour, sweet, bitter, salty, umami
c)
Cochlea
d)
Vestibular sense
31.
The chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, and stirrup) that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea's oval window
a)
Middle ear
b)
Monocular cues
c)
Law of Closure
d)
Olfaction
32.
A coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses
a)
Cochlea
b)
Optic nerve
c)
Afterimages
d)
Auditory canal
33.
The innermost part of the ear, containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs
a)
Inner ear
b)
Relative size
c)
subliminal perception
d)
Subliminal
34.
The most common form of hearing loss, caused by damage to the cochlea's receptor cells or to the auditory nerves
a)
Sensorineural hearing loss
b)
Depth perception
c)
Law of Proximity
d)
Color constancy
35.
Hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea
a)
Conduction hearing loss
b)
Rods
c)
Vestibular sense
d)
Cochlea
36.
A device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea
a)
Cochlear implant
b)
Cochlea
c)
Audition
d)
Gestalt Theory of Perception
37.
The system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.
a)
Kinesthesic sense
b)
Pupil
c)
Subliminal
d)
Audition
38.
The sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance.
a)
Vestibular sense
b)
Cones
c)
Olfaction
d)
Relative size
39.
A transparent membrane that covers the front of the eye
a)
Cornea
b)
Monochrome Color Blindness
c)
Sensory adaptation
d)
Iris
40.
The channel that sound waves pass through to reach the eardrum
a)
Auditory canal
b)
Papillae
c)
Perception
d)
Cones
41.
Bumps on the tongue that contain taste buds, the receptors for taste.
a)
Papillae
b)
Audition
c)
Difference threshold
d)
Weber's law
42.
Tendency of the brain to stop attending to constant, unchanging information from sensory organs
a)
Habituation
b)
Somesthetic senses
c)
Perception
d)
Inner ear
43.
The Gestalt principle that we tend to group similar objects together in our perceptions.
a)
Law of Similarity
b)
Gestalt Theory of Perception
c)
Afterimages
d)
Figure-ground
44.
Elements located close to one another are perceived as belonging to the same figure
a)
Law of Proximity
b)
subliminal perception
c)
Grouping
d)
Gestalt Theory of Perception
45.
the tendency to fill in the gaps in an incomplete image.
a)
Law of Closure
b)
Retina
c)
Blind spot
d)
Monochrome Color Blindness
46.
A monocular cue for perceiving depth; the more parallel lines converge, the greater their perceived distance.
a)
Linear perspective
b)
Ponzo illusion
c)
Gate Control Theory
d)
Gestalt Theory of Perception
47.
Monocular cue for perceiving depth; a gradual change from a coarse distinct texture to a fine, indistinct texture signals increasing distance. objects far away appear smaller and more densely packed
a)
Texture Gradient
b)
Law of Continuity
c)
Auditory canal
d)
Perceptual Set
48.
The monocular cue that states that if an object seems larger, it is probably closer, and if an object is smaller, it is probably distant.
a)
Relative size
b)
Conduction hearing loss
c)
Cochlea
d)
Texture Gradient
49.
Images that linger after the stimulus is removed. Exist due to our use of memory.
a)
Afterimages
b)
Sensory Adaption
c)
Subliminal
d)
Sour, sweet, bitter, salty, umami
50.
Perception below the threshold of awareness.
a)
Subliminal perception
b)
Habituation
c)
Weber's law
d)
Blind spot
51.
Theory that explains how the nervous system blocks or allows pain signals to pass to the brain
a)
Gate Control Theory
b)
Difference threshold
c)
Perceptual adaptation
d)
Binocular disparity
52.
Sense of smell
a)
Olfaction
b)
Eardrum
c)
Perceptual Set
d)
Lens
53.
The body senses consisting of the skin senses, the kinesthetic sense, and the vestibular senses
a)
Somesthetic senses
b)
Afterimages
c)
Color constancy
d)
Ponzo illusion
54.
An illusion of size in which two objects of equal size that are positioned between two converging lines appear to be different in size. Also called the railroad track illusion.
a)
Ponzo illusion
b)
Cochlear implant
c)
Middle ear
d)
Gate Control Theory
55.
Membrane located at the end of the ear canal that vibrates when struck by sound waves
a)
Eardrum
b)
Color constancy
c)
Ponzo illusion
d)
Iris
56.
Nerve that carries sound from the cochlea to the brain
a)
Auditory Nerve
b)
Weber's law
c)
Kinesthesic sense
d)
Sensation
57.
The Gestalt principle that we prefer perceptions of patterns and thus the brain tries to link things together.
a)
Law of Continuity
b)
Somesthetic senses
c)
Gestalt Theory of Perception
d)
Color constancy
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