Sensation and Perception Quiz

What is sensation?

• A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal.

• A physiological state brought on by neuro-physical changes.

• The process by which we receive information from the environment.

• Process of selecting, identifying, and organizing information from sensation to the brain.

What is the role of transduction in sensation?

• It amplifies the strength of a stimulus.

• It converts sensory stimuli into neural signals.

• It blocks unnecessary sensory input.

• It measures the intensity of a stimulus.

What does the vestibular sense help us with?

• Detecting smells in the environment

• Sensing changes in temperature

• Maintaining balance and body posture

• Recognizing familiar sounds

What concept explains why you stop noticing a smell after being in the room for a while?

• Habituation/Adaptation

• Sensory overload

• Signal detection

• Receptor sensitivity

Which is NOT a basic quality of taste?

• Sweetness

• Sourness

• Umami

• Spicy

Which sensory process involves converting external stimuli into neural signals?

• Adaptation

• Transduction

• Thresholding

• Signal detection

What is perception?

• A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal.

• A physiological state brought on by neuro-physical changes.

• The process by which we receive information from the environment.

• Process of selecting, identifying, and organizing information from sensation to the brain.

Which type of perception can be affected by stereotypes and generalizations?

• Social perception

• Sensory perception

• Depth perception

• Selective perception

Which principle explains how we distinguish an object from its background?

• Continuation

• Proximity

• Figure/Ground

• Closure

What is binocular depth perception?

• The ability to perceive depth using both eyes, which allows for better distance judgment through the comparison of the slightly different images from each eye.

• The perception of depth based on one eye alone.

• The ability to detect objects moving in a 3D space.

• The use of light and shadows to judge distances.