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Sensation and Perception

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The area of the eye lacking photoreceptors is called:

a)

Fovea

b)

Blind spot

c)

Cornea

d)

Iris

2.

The sense that informs people about the position and motion of their body is called:

a)

Proprioception

b)

Olfaction

c)

Kinethesis

d)

Thermoreception

3.

The thinking of objects belonging together is called:

a)

Reflection

b)

Imagination

c)

Perception

d)

Association

4.

The weakest amount of a stimulus that can be sensed is called:

a)

difference threshold

b)

absolute threshold

c)

sensory adaptation

d)

perceptual set

5.

The process by which we interpret sensory stimulation is called:

a)

Adaptation

b)

Sensation

c)

Perception

d)

Transduction

6.

Damage to the middle ear, causing sounds to not be heard, is known as:

a)

Conductive hearing loss

b)

Sensorineural hearing loss

c)

Tinnitus

d)

Otosclerosis

7.

The five senses are:

a)

Sight, hearing, taste, smell, movement

b)

Sight, balance, taste, smell, touch

c)

Sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch

d)

Sight, hearing, taste, intuition, touch

8.

Neurons that are sensitive to light are called:

a)

Thermoreceptors

b)

Photoreceptors

c)

Mechanoreceptors

d)

Chemoreceptors

9.

The nearness of lines together is called:

a)

Balance

b)

Contrast

c)

Proximity

d)

Rhythm

10.

Which of the following are ways in which a dog’s perception of the world is different from ours?

a)

Dogs see fewer colors, rely more on smell, and hear higher frequencies than humans.

b)

Dogs have better vision in bright light, can speak human languages, and have a longer lifespan than humans.

c)

Dogs can read human minds, see ultraviolet light, and have opposable thumbs.

d)

Dogs can fly, breathe underwater, and have night vision like owls.

11.

How can stimuli in the environment affect your perception?

a)

perception

b)

adjustment

c)

compensation

d)

all of these

12.

What biological factors might account for differing absolute thresholds?

a)

environment, likes, dislikes

b)

sex, ethnicity, culture

c)

age, development, environment, genetics

d)

choices, preferences, genetics

13.

Dogs have how many olfactory receptor cells compared to humans?

a)

Dogs have about 6 million olfactory receptor cells, while humans have about 300 million

b)

Dogs have about 1 million olfactory receptor cells, while humans have about 300 million.

c)

Dogs have about 300 million olfactory receptor cells, while humans have about 5 million.

d)

Dogs have about 100 million olfactory receptor cells, while humans have about 1 million.

14.

The stimulation of sensory receptors and transfer of information to the Central nervous system is called:

a)

Perception

b)

Transduction

c)

Adaptation

d)

Sensation

15.

What could the young girl in one of the videos we watched, not sense from birth?

a)

taste

b)

pain

c)

smell

d)

sound