Sensation and Perception Quiz

Sensation and Perception Quiz

12th Grade

15 Qs

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Sensation and Perception Quiz

Sensation and Perception Quiz

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12th Grade

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Mariah Bates

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of processing involves the interpretation of sensations and is influenced by available knowledge and expectancies?

bottom-up processing

inside-out processing

outside-in processing

top-down processing

2.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

​ (a)   refers to the way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced; ​ (b)   refers to what happens when sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor.

Perception
Sensation
Top-down processing
Bottom-up processing

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of ________.

a just noticeable difference

subliminal perception

top-down processing

transduction

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Within the visible spectrum, our experience of red is associated with ________ waves of light.

higher amplitude

longer wavelengths

shorter wavelengths

lower amplitude

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The auditory cortex, in which sound stimuli are processed for perception, is located in the ________ lobe.

frontal

parietal

occipital

temporal

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Petra walks into a brightly lit Psychology lab to participate in an experiment involving the ability to perceive the colors of the rainbow. Which photoreceptors will be most useful during this experiment?

cones

fovea

lens

rods

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Vinnie is standing on one leg with his arms in the air. The ________ sense helps keep him balanced so he has less chance of falling over.

nociception

proprioception

somatosensation

vestibular

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