Sensation and Perception

Alice is eating a piece of fruit. After a while, she notices that the fruit tastes less sweet and tangy than it did when she first bit into it. Alice is experiencing ____.

• habituation
• accommodation
• sensory adaptation
• subliminal perception

Which of the following would be the most effective treatment for someone suffering from nerve hearing impairment?

• a standard hearing aid
• a cochlear implant
• nothing can be done

Where are the olfactory receptor cells located?

• around the nostrils
• in the auditory cortex
• on the roof of the mouth
• at the tops of the nasal passages

The smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time is called

• absolute threshold
• difference threshold
• sensory adaptation
• subliminal perception

Which of the following processes has begun as soon as special receptor cells for the senses are activated?

• perception
• adaptation
• habituation
• sensation

A researcher presents two lights of varying brightness to a subject who is asked to respond "same" or "different" by comparing their intensities. The researcher is seeking the

• just noticeable difference.
• absolute threshold.
• subliminal threshold.
• minimal threshold.

The point at which a change in sensory stimulation is detected is called the

• absolute threshold
• psychological equation
• just noticeable difference 
• Weber effect

Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.

• encoding; detection
• detection; interpretation
• interpretation; organization
• threshold; transduction

Almost half the birds in the yard were brown cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals, so Jimmy perceived them as two distinct groups of birds. This best illustrates the principle of:

• connectedness
• similarity
• closure
• relative clarity

Which cells for visual processing are located closest to the back of the retina?

• bipolar cells
• rods and cones
• subliminal cells
• feature detectors