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WorksheetsPsychology Quiz
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Distinguishing between two shades of red is an example of
Absolute threshold
Difference threshold
Sensory adaptation
Afterimage
Light enters the eye through which of the following?
Pupil
Lens
Cornea
Retina
The Snellen Chart is used to measure which of the following?
Light adaptation
Visual acuity
Color vision
Blind spots
What part of the eye enables people to perceive color?
Pupil
Cornea
Lens
Cones
Convergence is an example of....
Shape constancy
Brightness constancy
A binocular cue
A monocular cue
A person's vestibular sense helps control
Depth perception
The perception of pain
The process of eyes adjusting to a darkened room
Balance
Even with eyes closed, a person knows about the position and motion of their body parts because of...
Visual acuity
Kinesthesis
Monocular cues
Binocular cues
Which of the following is not part of the skin senses?
Pressure
Temperature
Smell
Pain
The illusion of movement produced by the rapid progression of images that are not moving is called...
Figure-ground perception
Closure
Continuity
Stroboscopic motion
The way we perceive objects is determined by
Our emotional state
Learning and past experiences
Our expectations and attitudes about what we see
All of these
Signal-detection theory attempts to find out
How psychological factors affect perception
The lowest sounds that people and animals can hear
Which cues are the most effective for showing depth
All of these
The lens of the eye is responsible for
Allowing enough light to enter the eye
Processing an image
Keeping objects in focus
Carrying visual input to the brain
Burt has to wear a patch on one eye. Which of the following cues to depth perception will be unavailable to him now?
Movement gradient
Convergence
Linear perspective
Relative size
Many older people become farsighted as
The lens in their eyes becomes more brittle
Their pupils respond more slowly to light
They lose photoreceptors
All of these
The cones in the retina are sensitive to
Yellow and orange light
Black and white
Blue, green, and red light
All of these
The sense of taste can be disrupted by
Loss of the sense of smell
Damage to the taste buds' receptor neurons
Damage to hearing or sight
All of the above
Specialized receptor cells responsible for night vision are called
Lenses
Pupils
Rods
Cones
Kate is riding on a train and notices that the wildflowers by the side of the tracks seem to be moving much faster than the mountains in the distance. This is an example of
Binocular disparity
Figure-ground disparity
A schema
Motion parallax
Rubbing a sore area may lessen the pain because
This numbs the skin's sensory neurons
It causes more prostaglandins to flood the brain
The nervous system can only handle a certain amount of information at one time
It doesn't
What sense dominates our ability to taste foods and liquids?
Olfactory
Auditory
Gustatory
Kinesthetic
Which of the following explains why a rose appears equally red in bright and dim light?
Distance constancy
Shape constancy
Size constancy
Color constancy
