Perception & Sensation Test

Question 1

The majority of our information comes through our eyes

We believe our eyes over our other senses

Answer 1

Vision

Question 2

Is the light as it originates from the sun or a bulb before it’s broken into different frequencies

Answer 2

White light

Question 3

Is so slow, we can’t see it

Answer 3

Ultraviolet

Question 4

So fast that we can’t see it

Answer 4

Infrared

Question 5

Outside of our eyes; black and white; used for night vision

Answer 5

Rods

Question 6

Color; used mostly in daylight; middle of the eye

Answer 6

Cones

Question 7

8% of males have some kind of defect

Answer 7

Color blindness

Question 8

Hearing

Answer 8

Audition

Question 9

How high or low the sound is

Answer 9

Pitch

Question 10

How loud the sound is

Answer 10

Intensity

Question 11

The measure of intensity

Answer 11

Decibels

Question 12

Touch

Answer 12

Cutaneous

Question 13

3 types of skin receptors

Answer 13

1. Physical change
2. Temperature change
3. Injury or poison

Question 14

Smell

Answer 14

Olfaction

Question 15

Microscopic hairs that collects molecules of odor sends a message to the olfactory bulbs and sends it to the brain

Answer 15

Cilia

Question 16

Tells what kind of smell you’re smelling

Answer 16

Olfactory bulbs

Question 17

Odor chemicals that connect message

Answer 17

Pheromones

Question 18

4 taste buds

Answer 18

1. Sour
2. Sweet
3. Salty
4. Bitter

Question 19

Keep our body in balance; used for muscle contraction

Not enough of this can make you sick

Answer 19

Salt needs

Question 20

Energy; vital to our body

Answer 20

Sugar

Question 21

You don’t want to eat because most poison is this

Answer 21

Bitter

Question 22

The point where something becomes noticeable to our senses

Answer 22

Absolute threshold

Question 23

Amount of change needed for us to recognize that a change occurred

Answer 23

Just Noticeable Difference Threshold

Question 24

Detecting what we want to focus on; minimizing what we don’t

Answer 24

Signal detection theory

Question 25

Process of becoming least sensitive to unchanging stimulus

Answer 25

Sensory adaption

Question 26

Depends on how much attention you have

Answer 26

Perception

Question 27

Things that are close together we see as if they were one group

Answer 27

Proximity

Question 28

Objects that resemble each other, we’ll put in a group

Answer 28

Similarity

Question 29

When an object is broken, we imagine the rest of the figure

Answer 29

Closure

Question 30

Holding steady

Answer 30

Continuity

Question 31

We desire to see symmetrical figure

Answer 31

Good figure

Question 32

The ability to retain the color of an object regardless of where it is

Answer 32

Color constancy

Question 33

The ability to retain the brightness of an object regardless of where it is

Answer 33

Brightness constancy

Question 34

The ability to see objects in the environment steady

Answer 34

Space constancy

Question 35

The ability to see objects out in space or in front of you

Answer 35

Depth perception

Question 36

How we judge depth perception, rough and detailed is close, smooth is far

Answer 36

Visual texture