WorksheetsSensation and Perception
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 43mins
The area of the eye lacking photoreceptors is called:
Fovea
Blind spot
Cornea
Iris
The sense that informs people about the position and motion of their body is called:
Proprioception
Olfaction
Kinethesis
Thermoreception
The thinking of objects belonging together is called:
Reflection
Imagination
Perception
Association
The weakest amount of a stimulus that can be sensed is called:
difference threshold
absolute threshold
sensory adaptation
perceptual set
The process by which we interpret sensory stimulation is called:
Adaptation
Sensation
Perception
Transduction
Damage to the middle ear, causing sounds to not be heard, is known as:
Conductive hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss
Tinnitus
Otosclerosis
The five senses are:
Sight, hearing, taste, smell, movement
Sight, balance, taste, smell, touch
Sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch
Sight, hearing, taste, intuition, touch
Neurons that are sensitive to light are called:
Thermoreceptors
Photoreceptors
Mechanoreceptors
Chemoreceptors
The nearness of lines together is called:
Balance
Contrast
Proximity
Rhythm
Which of the following are ways in which a dog’s perception of the world is different from ours?
Dogs see fewer colors, rely more on smell, and hear higher frequencies than humans.
Dogs have better vision in bright light, can speak human languages, and have a longer lifespan than humans.
Dogs can read human minds, see ultraviolet light, and have opposable thumbs.
Dogs can fly, breathe underwater, and have night vision like owls.
How can stimuli in the environment affect your perception?
perception
adjustment
compensation
all of these
What biological factors might account for differing absolute thresholds?
environment, likes, dislikes
sex, ethnicity, culture
age, development, environment, genetics
choices, preferences, genetics
Dogs have how many olfactory receptor cells compared to humans?
Dogs have about 6 million olfactory receptor cells, while humans have about 300 million
Dogs have about 1 million olfactory receptor cells, while humans have about 300 million.
Dogs have about 300 million olfactory receptor cells, while humans have about 5 million.
Dogs have about 100 million olfactory receptor cells, while humans have about 1 million.
The stimulation of sensory receptors and transfer of information to the Central nervous system is called:
Perception
Transduction
Adaptation
Sensation
What could the young girl in one of the videos we watched, not sense from birth?
taste
pain
smell
sound
