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WorksheetsSensation and Perception
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is sensation?
Anytime a stimulus activates one of your receptors
What is perception?
The organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences
What is the goal of psychophysics?
To understand how stimuli from the world affect the sensory experiences produced by them
What does absolute threshold mean?
The minimum intensity of a stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time
The maximum intensity of a stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time
The average intensity of a stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time
What is the difference threshold?
What are your five senses?
(a)
What are the "extra" senses that are listed in your book?
Vestibular and Kinesthesis
Match the sense to the stimuli
Smell
Odiferous Substances
Sight
Light Waves
Hearing
Sound Waves
Touch
External Contact
Taste
Soluble Substances
What is the signal-detection theory?
The relations between motivation, sensitivity, and decision-making in detecting the presence or absence of a stimulus
What is retinal disparity?
Match the following
Lens
A flexible, transparent structure
Pupil
The opening of the eye
Retina
Innermost coating of the back of the eye
Optic Nerve
Changes light into neural impulses
Cornea
The clear window on the front of the eye
When do you use binocular vision?
When both eyes are open
When you are winking
When both eyes are closed
When you are sleeping
Which of these is not a type of visual impairment?
Color deficiency
Cataracts
Glaucoma
Retinal Disparity
What is the range of decibels that humans can hear?
0 to 140 decibels
How many decibels become dangerous to the human ear?
25
80
110
200
What are the two types of deafness?
What is the name of the nerve that carries smell impulses from the nose to the brain?
What are the scientific names for taste and smell?
What are the four types of perception?
(a)
What is a subliminal message?
