AP Psych - Sensation and Perception Practice

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

​ (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

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

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

• higher amplitude

• longer wavelengths

• shorter wavelengths

• lower amplitude

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

• frontal

• parietal

• occipital

• temporal

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

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

Light waves are first transmitted through the ​ (a)    at the front of the eye and enter an opening called the ​ (b)   before shining onto the retina.

• cornea
• pupil
• lens
• optic disc

Why are olfaction and gustation called chemical senses?

• Neither one has sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe.

• Because they are unrelated to biological senses.

• They have sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe.

• We cannot use these senses without the presence of specific chemicals in the body.

Which of the following is the best example of your kinesthetic sense?

• Touching your nose with your eyes closed

• Maintaining balance in your chair

• Detecting both sweet and sour in a beverage

• Smelling the soup that is cooking for dinner