Sensation and Perception Quiz

What is Prosopagnosia?

People with Prosopagnosia are receiving the same

People with prosopagnosia have an issue is with

The process by which our sensory receptors receive information from the environment

• Perception

• Seeing

• Hearing

• Sensation

Explain the difference between sensation and perception

The minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time

• Weber's Law

• Absolute Threshold

• Difference Threshold

• Change blindness

What is the absolute threshold for vision?

• Stars at night

• The night light in your bathroom

• A single candle flame seen from 30 miles away

• Your cell phone light at a football game in the daytime

What is the absolute threshold for hearing?

What is the absolute threshold for touch?

What is another name for the sense of taste?

• Gustation

• Olfaction