Week 3 Quiz

What is the primary difference between sensation and perception? *

Sensation involves organizing sensory information, while perception only collects it.

Sensation is the process of detecting stimuli, while perception is interpreting those stimuli.

Sensation occurs in the brain, while perception occurs in the sensory organs.

Sensation involves memory, while perception does not.

Which of the following senses is associated with the detection of sound waves? *

Vision

Olfaction

Audition

Gustation

The process by which sensory receptors become less responsive to constant stimuli over time is known as: *

Sensory adaptation

Sensory overload

Perceptual constancy

Bottom-up processing

What is the function of rods in the retina? *

Detecting colour in bright light

Processing visual information in dim light

Identifying fine detail

Enhancing peripheral vision

Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for processing visual information? *

Frontal lobe

Temporal lobe

Parietal lobe

Occipital lobe

In which sense are chemoreceptors primarily involved? *

Vision and hearing

Smell and taste

Touch and site

Audition and balance

The Gestalt principle that explains why we see incomplete shapes as whole objects is called… *

Proximity

Closure

Similarity

Continuity

What is depth perception? *

The ability to detect colour differences

The ability to interpret sensory information over time

The ability to perceive three-dimensional space and distance

The ability to recognise shapes and patterns

Which theory explains colour vision as the result of three types of cone cells that are sensitive to different wavelengths? *

Opponent-process theory

Trichromatic theory

Frequency theory

Place theory

What is the term for the minimum amount of stimulus energy required for a person to detect a stimulus 50% of the time? *

Absolute threshold

Sensory adaptation

Difference threshold

Subliminal perception

Foundations-1A: Introduction to Psychology