Sensation & Perception Review

Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.

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

You are shown a picture of your grandfather's face, but the eyes and mouth are blocked out. You still recognize it as a picture of your grandfather. Which type of processing best explains this example of perception? 

• bottom up processing
• signal detection theory
• top down processing
• gestalt theory

A reversible figure, such as the vase/face figure, makes use of which principle of perception?

• closure
• proximity
• similarity
• figure-ground relationship

the smallest amount of a particular stimulus that can be sensed

• pain threshold
• minute nerve capability
• absolute threshold
• difference threshold

The brain's tendency to group nearby figures together is known as

• Proximity
• Continuity
• Similarity
• Simplicity

The brain's tendency to fill in gaps to create whole, complete objects is known as

• Closure
• Continuity
• Simplicity
• Similarity

This image represents what grouping principle?

• Closure
• Continuity
• Simplicity
• Similarity

Figure-ground is 

• the ability to perceive any object as distinct from its surroundings
• the principle that our minds follow certain rules for grouping stimuli together
• the ability to recognize an object without being deceived by changes in its shape, brightness, size, or color
• the ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images are two dimensional

Information picked up by the body's receptor cells is termed

• cognition
• perception
• adaptation
• sensation 

being able to notice a difference in temperature in the shower when you turn up the heat

• after effect
• sensory adaptation
• absolute threshold
• difference threshold