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Introduction to Psychology Sensations & Perceptions QUIZ

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

allows cells to fire less

(a)  

2.

This is a scientific way of saying that because eyes are a few inches apart, they don't exactly see the same image.

a)
Binocular Disparity
b)

Binocular Cues

c)

Convergence

d)

Illusions

3.

This makes use of something that happens inside the eye. The lens of the human eye is flexible and held in place by a series of muscles,

a)

Interposition

b)

Aerial perspective

c)

Texture Gradient

d)

Accommodation

4.

This is the length of the wave measured by nanometers.

a)

Wavelength

b)

Color/Hue

c)

Brightness

d)

Saturation

5.

What are the three tiny bones in the Middle Ear?

a)

Hammer (malleus)

b)

Anvil (incus)

c)

Ossicles

d)

Stirrup (Stapes)

6.

This is a rare type, they either have no cones or have cones that are not working at all.

a)

Monochrome Color Blindness

b)

Color blindness

c)

Dichromatic Vision

d)

Monochrome Vision

7.

This is the lowest level of stimulation that a person can consciously detect 50% of the time the stimulation is present.

a)

Absolute threshold

b)

Threshold 1: The Big Bang

c)

Sensory threshold

d)

Sensory Receptors

8.

Rods are for increased levels of light while Cones are for adapting to darkness.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

These are stimuli that are below the level of conscious awareness.

(a)  

10.

This is the purity of the color people perceive.

(a)  

11.

This refers to the rotation of the 2 eyes in their sockets to focus on a single object.

(a)  

12.

The Olfactory Receptor Cells have about a half dozen to a dozen little hairs called (a)   that project into the cavity.

13.

This is interpreted as volume, or how soft or loud a sound is.

a)

Brightness

b)

Amplitude

c)

Amptitude

d)

Pitch

14.

Who coined the word Umami in 1908?

(a)  

15.

These are just beneath the skin and respond to changes in pressure.

(a)  

16.

This is the tendency for lines that are actually parallel to seem to converge on each other.

a)

Proximity

b)

Closure

c)

Linear Perspective

d)

Convergence

17.

The Opponent-process theory is based on who in 1874?

a)

Edwald Hering

b)

Thomas Young

c)

Edward Hering

d)

Ernest Wever

e)

Hermann von Helmholtz

18.

The Middle Ear has three tiny bones called?

(a)  

19.

This is where the optic nerve leaves the eye; there are no photoreceptor cells here.

a)

Blood vessels

b)

Blind spot/Optic disc

c)

Fovea

d)

Iris

20.

This occurs when a person who has had an arm/leg removed sometimes "feels" pain in the missing limb.

(a)  

21.

These are located right on top of the sinus cavity on each side of the brain directly beneath the frontal lobes.

a)

Olfactory Sense

b)

Olfactory Bulbs

c)

Olfactory Receptor Cells

d)

Olfaction

22.

This refers to problems with the mechanics of the outer or middle ear.

a)

Hearing impairment

b)

Induction hearing impairment

c)

Conduction hearing impairment

d)

Nerve hearing impairment

23.

The human limit/s for the frequency is 20 to 200,000 Hz/Hertz.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

This is a method by which the brain takes all the sensations a person experiences at any given moment and allows them to be interpreted in some meaningful fashion.

(a)  

25.

An organ with its purposes include more than simply keeping bodily fluids in and germs out.

(a)  

26.

The retina has three layers (select all that apply).

a)

Ganglion Cells

b)

Bipolar Cells

c)

Retinal Cells

d)

Rods & Cones

e)

Receptor cells

27.

This is the visible, external part of the ear that serve as a kind of concentrator.

a)

Cochlea

b)

Pinna

c)

Outer Ear

d)

Ear Canal

28.

This is the process of converting outside stimuli into neural activity

a)

Transduction

b)

Sensations

c)

Perceptions

d)

Sensory Receptors

29.

David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel were the ones that discovered the Volley Principle.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

This theory suggests that the pitch a person hears depends on where the hair cells that are stimulated are located on the organ of Corti.

a)

Gestalt Principle

b)

Volley Principle

c)

Place Theory

d)

Frequency Theory

31.

This is a common name for the taste receptor cells (special kinds of neurons found in the mouth, responsible for the sense of taste).

(a)  

32.

This is a membrane in which its vibrations set off another chain reaction within the inner ear.

a)

Basilar Membrane

b)

Oval Window

c)

Cochlea

33.

What are the basic tastes proposed by Lindemann (1996)?

a)

Bitter, Sweet, Sour, Salty

b)

Sweet, Salty, Bitter, Sour, Spicy

c)

Salty, Bitter, Sour, Sweet, Umami

d)

Bitter, Salty, Sour, Sweet, Brothy

34.

These occur when a visual sensation persists for a brief time even after the original stimulus is removed.

(a)  

35.

These are receptors for visual acuity (ability to see fine detail) and are responsible for color vision.

a)

Photoreceptors

b)

Rods

c)

Cones

d)

Ganglion Cells

36.

This appears to account for pitches from about 400 Hz to about 4,000 Hz.

(a)  

37.

This structure of the eye has a fixed curvature, but can be changed through vision improving techniques.

a)

Retina

b)

Cornea

c)

Lens

d)

Iris

38.

Objects moving at a constant speed across the frame will appear to move a greater amount if they are closer to an observer than they would if they were at a greater distance.

(a)  

39.

This is the the short tunnel that runs down to the eardrum.

a)

Semicircular Canal

b)

Outer Ear

c)

Pinna

d)

Auditory Canal

40.

This is attributed to the responses of neurons in the primary visual cortex that respond best to bars of light of a specific orientation.

(a)  

41.

It is the smallest difference between 2 stimuli that is detectable 50% of the time.

(a)  

42.

What is the more accurate and general term for "color blindness"?

a)

Color-vision defiency

b)

Color-deficiency

c)

Deficient-color vision

d)

Color-deficient vision

43.

These cells respond best to corners, curvature, or sudden edges.

a)

Complex Cells

b)

Simple Cells

c)

Neurons

d)

End-stopped Cells

44.

_____ developed the Trichromatic Theory, but was later modified by ______.

a)

Thomas Young, Hermann von Helmholtz

b)

Hermann von Helmholtz, Georg von Bekesy

c)

Ernest Wever, Charles Bray

45.

These are vibrations of molecules of air that surround us.

(a)  

46.

This is often called a chemical sense because it works with the molecules of foods people eat in the same way the neural receptors work with neurotransmitters.

a)

Taste Buds

b)

Gustation

c)

Taste

d)

Sense of Taste

47.

This occurs as the eye recovers its ability to see when going from a brightly lit state to a dark state.

a)

Adaptation

b)

Sensory Adaptation

c)

Dark Adaptation

d)

Light Adaptation

48.

If inner ear is damaged, there will be a problem with one's balance (especially when walking).

a)

False

b)

True

49.

This area of the retina are halves toward the temples of the head.

a)

Retinal Cells

b)

Nasal retina

c)

Temporal retina

50.

What is the Latin word/s for vestibular?

(a)  

51.

The Frequency Theory was by Ernest Rutherford in 1886.

a)

False

b)

True

52.

This is the hole in the interior of the eye that light enters.

(a)  

53.

Some people have only 500 taste buds, but others have 20x that number. Those are called what?

(a)  

54.

He proposed light is actually tiny packets of waves.

(a)  

55.

This is a clear jelly-like fluid that also nourishes the eye and gives it shape.

a)

Vitreous Humor

b)

Aqueous Humor

c)

Sense of Humor

56.

This is the colored part of the eye. Its muscles can change/control the size of the pupil, letting more or less light into the eye.

a)

Cornea

b)

Iris

c)

Lens

d)

Retina

57.

He studied the smallest difference between 2 weights that could be detected in this research.

a)

Ernest Weber

b)

Ernest Wever

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

Ernst Weber

58.

Myopia is the hardening of the lens because of aging, losing the ability to do Visual Accommodation.

a)

False

b)

True

59.

These are vestibular organs that have three somewhat circular tubes that are also filled with fluid, that will stimulate hair-like receptors when rotated.

a)

Crystals

b)

Otolith Organs

c)

Semicircular Canal

d)

Auditory Canal

60.

A process by which constant, unchanging info from the sensory receptors is effectively ignored. Here, receptor cells themselves become less responsive to an unchanging stimulus and the receptors no longer send signals to the brain.

a)

Habituation

b)

Sensory Adaptation

c)

Adaptation

61.

A complicated phenomenon that has the properties of both waves and particles.

a)

Wavelength

b)

Light

c)

Brightness

d)

Photons

62.

This perception that does not correspond to reality.

a)

Relative Size

b)

Hallucination

c)

Illusion

d)

Hermann Grid

63.

A process wherein stimuli act upon the unconscious mind, influencing behavior

(a)  

64.

Monocular Cues are the capability to see the world in 3D.

a)

False

b)

True

65.

Visual Accommodation may occur but the process may fall short of the retina.

a)

Myopia

b)

Presbyopia

c)

Hyperopia

66.

Gustav Fechner expanded on Weber's research and coined "Absolute threshold".

a)

True

b)

False

67.

These are special receptors located in the muscles, tendons, and joints are part of the body's sense of movement and position in space.

a)

Vestibular Sense

b)

Kinesthetic Sense

c)

Skin Sense

68.

This is the tendency to perceive objects or figures as existing on a background; People seem to have preference for picking out figures from background even as early as birth.

a)

Similarity

b)

Continuity

c)

Proximity

d)

Figure-ground Relationships

69.

These are often referred to as pictorial depth cues because artists can use these cues to give illusion of depth to painting and drawings.

a)

Gestalt Principle

b)

Binocular Cues

c)

Monocular cues

70.

This constancy is why a person still perceives a coin as a circle even if it is held at an angle that makes it appear to be an oval on the retina.

a)

Brightness Constancy

b)

Shape Constancy

c)

Size Constancy