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Sensation and Perception Quiz

Sensation and Perception Quiz

Question 1 of 27

1

Sensation is to perception as ________ is to ____________.

Select one of the following:

  • stimulation; recognistion

  • awareness; interpretation

  • interpretation; awareness

  • organization; interpretation

Explanation

Question 2 of 27

1

Activation of specific receptors by stimuli is called __________.

Select one of the following:

  • perception

  • sensation

  • adaptation

  • habituation

Explanation

Question 3 of 27

1

Then conversion of sensory information into neural impulses is called

Select one of the following:

  • transduction

  • refraction

  • transfusion

  • transcendence

Explanation

Question 4 of 27

1

The smallest or weakest amount of particular stimulus required to produce any sensation at all in a person is the ________ threshold

Select one of the following:

  • absolute

  • minimum sensory

  • differnece

  • barely noticeable

Explanation

Question 5 of 27

1

The ________ threshold is the smallest amount of change in sensation that a person can detect.

Select one of the following:

  • captured

  • delta

  • absolute

  • difference

Explanation

Question 6 of 27

1

The process by which unchanging information from the senses of taste, touch, smell, and vision is "ignored" by the sensory receptor cells themselves is called

Select one of the following:

  • transformation

  • sensory adaptation

  • transmutaion

  • transuction

Explanation

Question 7 of 27

1

Bottom-up processing is initiated by _________

Select one of the following:

  • knowledge

  • expectation

  • the stimulus

  • belief

Explanation

Question 8 of 27

1

People's tendency to perceive a thing a certain way because their previous experiences or expectations influence them is called:

Select one of the following:

  • top-down processing

  • Weber's law

  • bottom-up processing

  • perceptual constancy

Explanation

Question 9 of 27

1

Frequency, amplitude, and saturation are three separate aspects of our experience of :

Select one of the following:

  • night vision

  • color

  • acuity

  • sensation

Explanation

Question 10 of 27

1

The shortest wavelengths we can see are experienced as ________ colors

Select one of the following:

  • red

  • violet

  • green

  • yellow

Explanation

Question 11 of 27

1

The frequency of the wavelength of light reaching your eyes determines in part what ________ you see.

Select one of the following:

  • brightness

  • saturation

  • hue

  • fine detail

Explanation

Question 12 of 27

1

Which component of the eye contains the visual photo-receptors?

Select one of the following:

  • sclera

  • retina

  • cornea

  • vitreous humor

Explanation

Question 13 of 27

1

It is difficult to distinguish between colors at night because:

Select one of the following:

  • we are seeing primarily in the cones

  • rods do not adapt to the darl

  • we are seeing primarily with the rods

  • we are used to seeing mostly with the fovea

Explanation

Question 14 of 27

1

Which of the following is true about cones?

Select one of the following:

  • They are responsible for black and white wishion

  • They are concentrated n the center of they eye

  • They operated mainly at night

  • They respond only to black and white

Explanation

Question 15 of 27

1

The _________ nerve is responsible for taking information from the eyes to the visual cortex in the back of the brain, where that information will be processed and interpreted

Select one of the following:

  • optic

  • vestibular

  • occipital

  • auricular

Explanation

Question 16 of 27

1

What causes the "blind spot" in the vision of both eyes?

Select one of the following:

  • the inconsistent surface of the cornea

  • the folded area of the fovea that occurs where the cones are the most dense

  • the optic nerve passing through the retina as it leaves the eye

  • the concentration of ganglion cells in the center of the optic nerve blocking light

Explanation

Question 17 of 27

1

The idea that the eye contains separate receptors for red, green and blue is known as the ___________ theory.

Select one of the following:

  • opponent-process

  • additive color mixing

  • trichromatic

  • reductive color mixing

Explanation

Question 18 of 27

1

According to the opponent-process theory of color vision, two of the correct pairings of opposite colors are ___________.

Select one of the following:

  • red versus green and blue versus yellow

  • black versus gray and white versus colored

  • blue versus red and green versus yellow

  • blue versus green and red versus yellow

Explanation

Question 19 of 27

1

The trichromatic and opponent-process theories of color vission are not in conflict because each corresponds to:

Select one of the following:

  • a different portion of the spectrum

  • the opposite half of perceivable colors

  • one type of color blindness

  • a different stage of visual processing

Explanation

Question 20 of 27

1

Sound waves are simply:

Select one of the following:

  • the vibration of the molecules of the air surrounding us

  • the impact of acoustrons in the air

  • a form of electronic radiation

  • the result of emitted photons from a source

Explanation

Question 21 of 27

1

Which of the following properties of sound would be the most similar to the color, or hue, of light

Select one of the following:

  • pitch

  • loudness

  • timbre

  • purity

Explanation

Question 22 of 27

1

Pitch is to frequency as

Select one of the following:

  • frequency is to amplitude

  • high is to low

  • volume is to amplitude

  • peak is to wave

Explanation

Question 23 of 27

1

Which physical feature of the human head allows us to engage in the process of sound localization?

Select one of the following:

  • our nose and chin are located between our ears on the front of our faces

  • our cochleae are spiral-shaped instead of straight and flat

  • our ears are located directly adjacent to the temporal lobes of the cerebrum

  • our ears are located on opposite sides of our heads

Explanation

Question 24 of 27

1

Which of the following describes what happens if you trace an auditory stimulus from the time it first reaches the ear until it arrives at the brain?

Select one of the following:

  • The outermost part of the ear (pinna) gathers sound waves and funnels them down the ear canal striking the eardrum

  • The basilar membrane causes the hammer, anvil, and stirrup to vibrate striking the oval window

  • The auditory cones respond to the various tonal frequencies, which lead the auditory nerve to send a message to the brain

  • The auditory nerve joins with the nasal verve to produce an input to the olfactory lobe

Explanation

Question 25 of 27

1

Which of the following houses the auditory receptors where sound waves finally become neural impulses?

Select one of the following:

  • hair cells

  • organs of Corti

  • basilar membranes

  • tectorial membranes

Explanation

Question 26 of 27

1

Lemmy has been told by his doctor that he is experiencing ___________ due to hair cells that were destroyed as a result of loud sounds

Select one of the following:

  • sensorineural hearing loss

  • tinnitus

  • conductive hearing loss

  • a speech segmentation problem

Explanation

Question 27 of 27

1

What is the leading preventable cause of hearing loss in human beings?

Select one of the following:

  • ingestion of oto-toxic medications during infancy

  • exposure to loud noises

  • prenatal exposure to teratogens that interrupt normal hearing development

  • penetrating or traumatic head injuries

Explanation

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