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Sensation and Perception

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is sensation?

a)

Anytime a stimulus activates one of your receptors

b)
The ability to feel pain
c)
The ability to see colors
d)
The ability to hear sounds
2.

What is perception?

a)

The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences

b)
The process of thinking or understanding something
c)
The act of looking at something
d)
The ability to speak or write
3.

What is the goal of psychophysics?

a)

To understand how stimuli from the world affect the sensory experiences produced by them

b)
To study the physical properties of the human brain
c)
To study the physical effects of psychological disorders
d)
To study the physics of human behavior
4.

What does absolute threshold mean?

a)

The minimum intensity of a stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time

b)

The maximum intensity of a stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time

c)

The average intensity of a stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time

d)
The intensity of a stimulus that can be ignored
5.

What is the difference threshold?

a)
The minimum difference in stimulation that a person can detect 50 percent of the time
b)
The maximum difference in stimulation that a person can detect 50 percent of the time
c)
The average difference in stimulation that a person can detect 50 percent of the time
d)
The difference in stimulation that a person can detect 100 percent of the time
6.

What are your five senses?

(a)  

7.

What are the "extra" senses that are listed in your book?

a)
Smell, Taste, Sight, Hearing, Touch
b)

Vestibular and Kinesthesis

c)
ESP, Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition
d)
Humor, Irony, Metaphor, Rhythm
8.

Match the sense to the stimuli

a)

Smell

1.

Odiferous Substances

b)

Sight

2.

Light Waves

c)

Hearing

3.

Sound Waves

d)

Touch

4.

External Contact

e)

Taste

5.

Soluble Substances

9.

What is the signal-detection theory?

a)

The relations between motivation, sensitivity, and decision-making in detecting the presence or absence of a stimulus

b)
A theory that explains how we detect different types of music
c)
A theory that explains how we detect different types of food
d)
A theory that explains how we detect different types of colors
10.

What is retinal disparity?

a)
A type of color blindness
b)
A condition where the retina detaches from the eye
c)
The difference in image location of an object seen by the left and right eyes
d)
A disease causing blurred vision
11.

Match the following

a)

Lens

1.

A flexible, transparent structure

b)

Pupil

2.

The opening of the eye

c)

Retina

3.

Innermost coating of the back of the eye

d)

Optic Nerve

4.

Changes light into neural impulses

e)

Cornea

5.

The clear window on the front of the eye

12.

When do you use binocular vision?

a)

When both eyes are open

b)

When you are winking

c)

When both eyes are closed

d)

When you are sleeping

13.

Which of these is not a type of visual impairment?

a)

Color deficiency

b)

Cataracts

c)

Glaucoma

d)

Retinal Disparity

14.

What is the range of decibels that humans can hear?

a)

0 to 140 decibels

b)
0 to 180 decibels
c)
0 to 150 decibels
d)
0 to 200 decibels
15.

How many decibels become dangerous to the human ear?

a)

25

b)

80

c)

110

d)

200

16.

What are the two types of deafness?

a)
Conductive and Sensorineural
b)
Visual and Auditory
c)
Temporary and Permanent
d)
Partial and Complete
17.

What is the name of the nerve that carries smell impulses from the nose to the brain?

a)
Optic Nerve
b)
Vagus Nerve
c)
Olfactory Nerve
d)
Auditory Nerve
18.

What are the scientific names for taste and smell?

a)
Gustation and Olfaction
b)
Taste and Smell
c)
Gustatory and Olfactory
d)
Taste and Scent
19.

What are the four types of perception?

(a)  

20.

What is a subliminal message?

a)
A message that is below the threshold of human hearing
b)
A message that is hidden within another message and is not consciously perceived
c)
A message that is delivered in a dream
d)
A message that is delivered through telepathy