Test: Psychology-Sensation & Perception

In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.

• light/ color
• color/ light
• monochromat/ dichromat
• dichromat/ monochromat
• lens/ iris

What sense helps maintain balance?

• Vestibular
• Kinesthetic
• Proprioception
• Audition
• Olfaction

The coiled, fluid filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called...

• eustachian tube
• auditory canal
• semicircular canal
• cochlea
• vestibular aparatus

A person's diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus is known as...

• accomodation
• parallel processing
• sensory adaptation
• transduction
• sensory equilibrium

While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...

• place theory
• blind spot
• feature detectors
• sensory adaptation
• inattentional blindness

Although Bill was seated next to his friend, he was able to smell the burning popcorn a full minute earlier than his friend. Bill must have a lower _________ for smell.

• accommodation level
• absolute threshold
• tolerance level
• gustatory saturation level
• adaptation level

Receptors that are responsible for transferring light into neural impulses.

• Rods & Cones of Retina
• Optic Stem
• Cornea
• Iris
• Fovea

Smell is transmitted to the brain via the....

• Optic Nerve
• Olfactory Nerve
• Auditory (chochlear nerve)
• Sensory Nerve

This theory states that we can lessen some pains by shifting our attention away from pain impulses.

• Pain perception method
• Gate-Control Theory
• Acute sensation deprivation
• Theory of relativity

As we look at a flower, the intensity of the color we see is related to the light wave’s:

• placement on the spectrum
• length
• hue
• amplitude