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Unit 4 Sensation and Perception Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 What part of the eye is the light-sensitive inner surface of the eye that contains receptor cords, cones, and layers of neurons that begin processing visual information?

a)

Pupil

b)

Iris

c)

Retina

d)

Lens

e)

Cornea

2.

________ is the part of the ear that is filled with liquid, which is set into motion, like a wave, when the ossicles vibrate.

a)

Inner ear

b)

Middle ear

c)

Ear canal

d)

Cochlea

e)

Pinna

3.

Sensation is to _______ as perception is to ______.

a)

Detection; interpretation

b)

Interpretation; organization

c)

Threshold; transduction

d)

Encoding; detection

e)

Organization; accommodation

4.

___________ is the ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time.

a)

Frequency

b)

The cocktail party effect

c)

Sensory interaction

d)

Selective attention

e)

Change blindness

5.

Pitch depends on which of the following?

a)

Number of hair cells stimulated

b)

Strength of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve

c)

Amplitude of a sound wave

d)

Decibels of a sound wave

e)

Number of sound waves that reach the ear in a given time

6.

A process by which our sensory systems change stimulus energies into neural messages is __________.

a)

Channeling

b)

Sensory interaction

c)

Sensory adaptation

d)

Transduction

e)

 Parallel processing

7.

___________ perceives smooth, continuous patterns rather than discontinuous ones.

a)

Proximity

b)

Continuity

c)

Similarity

d)

Common Fate

e)

Gestalt Rule

8.

An American newspaper published pictures of Bigfoot. Many people perceived the photographs of a fluffy bear as BigFoot, this illustrates the influence of

a)

Interposition

b)

Sensory interaction

c)

Perceptual set

d)

Feature detectors

e)

Sensory adaptation

9.

Perceptual does NOT control...

a)

Hearing

b)

Pain

c)

Taste

d)

Touch

e)

Thought Process

10.

INTENSITY is to BRIGHTNESS as wavelength is to

a)

Hue

b)

Amplitude

c)

Disparity

d)

Accommodation

e)

Frequency