Sensation & Perception

The main sensory organ of the visual system is the ___.

Our inner ear contains a sensory organ called ____.

• papillae

• cochlea

• umami

Each person has between 5000 and ____ taste buds

Each part of our tongue can only detect 1 taste

• True

• False

What are the 3 main reasons why smell is important?

• The mucus in our nose keeps the nose from drying out and prevents dust, bacteria and other debris from entering the body.

• Smell can be used to remember particular events and affect the way we feel and relate to places and brands.

• Without smell, our sense of taste is affected.

• We cannot smell our own body odour

There are ____ receptors all over the body. Fingers, tongue, lips, nose and forehead are very sensitive to touch, meaning that these parts have a higher density of ___ organs. (Both blank spaces = same word)

In your own words, describe what the difference between sensation and perception is to you.

Which of the following describes bottom-up processing?

• Interpreting sensations influenced by our available knowledge, experiences and thoughts

• Relying heavily on brain's feature detectors to sense the stimulus characteristics

Easter eggs in Pixar films have long since been used but are not noticed until much later. This is due to ______ from the viewer.

A faint stimulus does not become detectable immediately when the intensity increases

• True

• False