Perception and Sensation

Perception can be influenced by

• Personalities

• Experiences

• Bias

• All of the above

What is kinisthesia

• The blending of the senses.

• perception of the body’s movement through space

• Perception of the body's position

• The study of movement

Hz, an abbreviation for hertz is used for

• Measuring amplitude

• Measuring frequencies

• Measuring distance

• Measuring pain

In terms of perception closure means

• A sense of resolution

• Having the sesory information reach the central nervous system.

• The motor response to the sensory input that you receivre.

• Perceiving a complete shape rather than a series of segments.

Vestibular sense responds to changes in head position and gravity

• By hair cells in the semicircular canal

• By vibrations in the tympanic membrane.

• By the movement of the anvil, the stirrup and the hammer

• vibrations of the eardrum move the fudgecicles.

Binocular or stereoscopic cues consists of

• The ability to see things at a distance

• The movement of the eyes inward as an object moves closer to you.

• The brain's ability to calculate distance, creating depth

• The ability to see things up close

Where the blind spot in the eye is located

• Cornea

• Iris

• Retina

• Pupil

In the eye, rods...

• work best in bright light conditions and detect color

• specialized to work well in low light conditions

• Fast cars that you can rac

• are the most highly concentrated at the center of the retina

Human beings can perceive light between 400-700Nm

• True

• False

Subliminal stimuli are

• hidden messages that your brain receives subconsciously

• Are never percieved because they are below the absolute threshold

• Are stimuli that are perceived but are produce little or no response

• are those that are too weak to detect 50 percent of the time