Perception Quiz

Which statement is the most accurate description of perception?

• The detection of a stimulus in the environment

• The experience of the world around us processed through our sensory receptors

• The organisation and interpretation of sensory information about the world

• The transformation of sights, sounds and smells etc. into signals sent to the brain

Which of the following is an example of perception?

• Tasting chocolate

• Smelling a flower

• Hearing that a dog is angry

• Feeling a cool breeze

The information that our sensory organs detect from the world around us is converted into tiny electrical signals

• True

• False

The information that our sensory organs detect from the world around us is pre-organised and easily understandable.

• True

• False

An ambiguous figure is

• an image that can be perceived in more than one way

• an image that humans can't perceive

• an image that tricks people into thinking it is something other than what is really is

• an image that changes into something new

Whenever we ​ (a)   a fresh flower, ​ (b)   sweet chocolate, ​​ (c)   an animal’s fur, ​ (d)   a baby cry or ​ (e)   a firework explode, we are experiencing a sensation.

• smell
• taste
• touch
• hear
• see

Sensations are processed by sense ​ (a)   in our eyes, ears, mouths, noses and all over our skin which allow us to ​ (b)   the world around us. In order to understand sensations, though, our ​ (c)   needs to work out what they mean, and this is where ​ (d)   comes in.

• experience
• receptors
• brain
• perception

Perception is the (a)   and (b)   of sensory information received by a sense organ, such as the (c)   . For example, how do we know what to do with a chair when we see one - do we wear it, eat it or sit on it. The brain might use past (d)   - of what we would normally do with a chair - to help it achieve this.

• interpretation
• organisation
• eyes
• experiences

The difference between (a)   and (b)   might be summed up as the difference between experiencing and understanding. Sensation is our body’s way of detecting a stimulus in the ​ (c)   , such as light waves (​ (d)   ) or sound waves (sound). Perception is how our brain organises and interprets these sensations. Having said that, not all (e)   think there is such a straightforward difference between sensation and perception.

• sensation
• perception
• psychologists
• environment
• sight

What is the role of sensory receptors in perception?

• They organize sensory data

• They detect stimuli from the environment

• They convert sensory data into emotions

• They interpret sensory information