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Psychology - Perception Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not one of the five senses?

a)

Taste

b)

Touch

c)

Smell

d)

Thought

2.

What is the name for the process by which our brain selects, organizes, and interprets sensory information?

a)

Perception

b)

Attention

c)

Sensation

d)

Adaptation

3.

What is the smallest amount of stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time?

a)

Difference Threshold

b)

Absolute threshold

c)

Weber's Law

d)

Sensory Adaption

4.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between sensation and perception?

a)

Sensation is the interpretation of sensory information; perception is the detection of sensory information.

b)

Sensation and perception are the same thing.

c)

Sensation is the detection of sensory information; perception is the interpretation of sensory information.

d)

Sensation and perception have no relationship.

5.

What is the name for the phenomenon where people tend to perceive incomplete or ambiguous information as complete and whole?

a)

Figure-ground relationship

b)

Closure

c)

Proximity

d)

Similarity

6.

What is the Gestalt principle of similarity?

a)

Objects that are near each other are perceived as a group.

b)

Objects that are similar to each other are perceived as a group.

c)

Objects that are small are perceived as far away.

d)

Objects that are moving are perceived as closer than stationary objects.

7.

What is the name for the distance between two points on the skin that can be detected as two distinct stimuli?

a)

Difference threshold

b)

Absolute threshold

c)

Weber's law

d)

Sensory adaptation

8.

Which of the following is a monocular depth cue?

a)

Retinal disparity

b)

Convergence

c)

Interposition

d)

Binocular summation

9.

What is the name for the phenomenon where people tend to group similar objects together in visual perception?

a)

Closure

b)

Proximity

c)

Similarity

d)

Continuity

10.

What is the name for the process by which sensory receptors adapt to constant stimuli by becoming less sensitive to them?

a)

Sensory adaptation

b)

Sensory processing

c)

Sensory transduction

d)

Sensory integration

11.

What is the name for the minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50% of the time?

a)

Absolute threshold

b)

Difference threshold

c)

Weber's law

d)

Sensory adaptation

12.

Which of the following is not a monocular depth cue?

a)

Texture gradient

b)

Linear perspective

c)

Convergence

d)

Relative size

13.

What is the name for the process by which sound waves are converted into neural signals?

a)

Auditory transduction

b)

Auditory adaptation

c)

Auditory integration

d)

Auditory processing

14.

Which of the following is not a Gestalt principle of perception?

a)

Similarity

b)

Continuity

c)

Interposition

d)

Closure

15.

What is the name for the process by which light waves are converted into neural signals?

a)

Visual transduction

b)

Visual adaptation

c)

Visual integration

d)

Visual processing

16.

The process by which we use our knowledge, expectations, and experiences to organize incoming sensory information is called:

a)

sensory adaptation

b)

sensory coding

c)

sensory integration

d)

top-down processing

17.

Which of the following is not a monocular depth cue?

a)

linear perspective

b)

texture gradient

c)

binocular disparity

d)

relative size

18.

The theory that color vision results from three types of cones, each sensitive to a specific range of wavelengths is called:

a)

trichromatic theory

b)

opponent-process theory

c)

visual cliff theory

d)

feature detection theory

19.

Which of the following is an example of a perceptual set?

a)

interpreting a cloud as a dragon

b)

seeing a face in a grilled cheese sandwich

c)

experiencing an afterimage

d)

perceiving a stranger as friendly based on their appearance

20.

The Müller-Lyer illusion demonstrates:

a)

the role of context in perception

b)

the importance of attention in perception

c)

the effect of emotion on perception

d)

the influence of culture on perception

21.

The process by which we perceive sound location is called

a)

sensory adaptation

b)

sensory coding

c)

sensory integration

d)

sound localization

22.

Which of the following is an example of a gestalt principle?

a)

figure-ground

b)

sensory adaptation

c)

sensory coding

d)

sensory integration

23.

Which of the following is not a taste sensation?

a)

sweet

b)

sour

c)

spicy

d)

umami

24.

The process by which we use our prior knowledge to fill in missing information in a perceptual experience is called:

a)

perceptual constancy

b)

perceptual adaptation

c)

perceptual restoration

d)

perceptual expectancy

25.

Which of the following is not a binocular depth cue?

a)

convergence

b)

retinal disparity

c)

relative size

d)

overlap