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Sensation And Perception QUIZZES AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2025 GRADED A
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Sensation and perception1. The basic experience of the stimulation of the body's senses is called:
a. sensation
b. perception
c. adaptation
d. cognition
e. conduction: a: sensation
2. Taste: 1 gram of table salt in 500 liters of water; smell: 1 drop of perfume
diffused throughout a three-room apartment; touch: the wing of a bee falling
on your cheek from a height of 1 cm away. These are all examples of:
a. the just-noticeable difference of our senses
b. The difference threshold for our senses
c. The absolute threshold of our senses
d. The adaptation of our senses
e. The perception of our senses: c. The absolute threshold
3. Weber's law can best be defined as:
a. the smallest change in stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time.
b. The principle that the just-noticeable difference for any given sense is a
constant proportion of the stimulation being judged
c. The principle that there is an adjustment of sensation levels depending on
the stimulation received
d. the idea that the least amount of energy detected in a stimulation only
occurs 50% of the time.
e. the theory that all stimuli respond to the same sensations through the
process of creating meaningful patterns.: b. the principle that the just
noticeable difference for any given sense is a constant proportion of the
stimulation being judged.
4. The name of the transparent protective coating over the front part of the
eye is:
a. lens
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b. iris
c. pupil
d. fovea
e. cornea: e. cornea
5. The function of the lens is to:
a. project an image onto the cornea
b. focus an image on the retina
c. locate an image
d. contain receptor cells that are sensitive to light
e. locate the blind spot.: b. focus on an image on the retina
6. The greatest density of cones exists in which part of the eye?
a. cornea
b. lens
c. pupil
d. fovea
e. retina: d. fovea
7. An afterimage can best be defined as:
a. sense experience that occurs after a visual stimulus has been removed.
b. decreased sensitivity of rods and cones in bright light
c. increased sensitivity of rods and cones in darkness
d. distinguishable fine details of a stimulation
e. non distinguishable details of a stimulation.: a. sense experience that
occurs after a visual stimulus has been removed.
8. The theory of color that best explains color afterimage is:
a. the volley theory
b. the trichromatic theory
c. the opponent-process theory
d. the subtractive color theory
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e. the monochromatic theory: c. the opponent-process theory
9. Thrichromats can mix which three colors to perceive virtually any hue?
a. red, blue, green
b. red, blue, yellow
c. blue, yellow, green
d. red, green, yellow
e. yellow, orange, green: b. red, blue, yellow
10. The three small bones of the inner ear are called what?
a. cochlear bones
b. tympanic bones
c. basilar
d. Ossicles
e. auditory canals: d. ossicles
11. When the molecules of a skunk's spray enter your nose, the molecules are
transformed into electrical signals, or impulses, that are interpreted by the
brain as an unpleasant odor. This is an example of:
a. adaptation
b. transduction
c. sensation
d. perception
e. stimulation: b. transduction
12. Which of the following occupations relies heavily on kinesthetic and
vestibular senses?
a. doctor
b. pilot
c. gymnast
d. artist
e. engineer: c. gymnast
13. Frequency is to _____ as amplitude is to ______.
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