Deck 3: B: Sensation and Perception

Question 1

In the process known as_____________,sensory receptors become less sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus.

A)sensation
B)sensory fatigue
C)sensory adaptation
D)discrimination

Answer 1

sensory adaptation

Question 2

Texture gradient refers to the fact that texture appears to become ______.

A)more detailed in the distance
B)more detailed as brightness increases
C)less detailed in the distance
D)less detailed when it is brighter

Answer 2

less detailed in the distance

Question 3

The reason that there are three semicircular canals is so that ______________.

A)we have one canal to sense motion in each of the three planes
B)we can see the world in three dimensions
C)we can detect sound locations in the three-dimensional world
D)we have an extra if one is broken

Answer 3

we have one canal to sense motion in each of the three planes

Question 4

What are the five primary tastes?

A)hot,sour,spicy,sweet,origami
B)salty,sour,spicy,sweet,tart
C)bitter,salty,sour,sweet,umami
D)peppery,salty,sour,sweet,acidic

Question 5

Which of the following properties of sound is the most similar to the brightness of light?

A)pitch
B)volume
C)purity
D)timbre

Question 6

Conduction hearing impairment refers to hearing problems that originate in the ____________.

A)outer ear
B)inner ear
C)eardrum and middle ear
D)auditory pathways and brain

Question 7

An illusion ________________.

A)is the same thing as a vision
B)is due to the action of the rods versus the cones in the retina
C)is a perception that does not correspond to reality
D)corresponds directly to something that you dreamed

Question 8

Receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision and fine acuity are ______.

A)bipolar cells
B)ganglion cells
C)rods
D)cones

Question 9

The tendency to interpret an object as always being the same physical dimensions,regardless of its distance from the viewer,is known as _____________.

A)size constancy
B)shape constancy
C)brightness constancy
D)color constancy