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6th -
12thgrade
Psychology - Sensation & Perception
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is sensation?
refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell.
refers to how the mind loses information
refers to how we store information
- 2. Multiple Choice
When the raw sensory stimulus activates a sensory receptor, we call this process:
Sensation
Perception
Recognition
Response system
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which defines perception?
how we perceive different things
how we interpret the information from the external world
how we sense things from the external world
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences.SenstationPerceptionGestalt AwarenessSensory organization
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe storage and retrieval of what has been learned.MemoryDecayRetrievalSensory memory
- 6. Multiple Choice
Absolute threshold refers to
The maximum stimulation required to say anything
minimum usage of sense organs
The minimum stimulation necessary to detect a particular stimulus
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is Signal Detection theory?
Ability to detect various sounds and colors
Ability to focus on one stimulus and ignore others
Ability to see traffic signals
- 8. Multiple Choice
The word Gestalt means
Whole/shape/form
Psychonanalysis
mind
behaviour
- 9. Multiple Choice
Key elements of Gestalt psychology are
our mind fills in the gap
Mind seeks to avoid uncertainty
The whole is identified before the parts
all of the above
- 10. Multiple ChoiceSmell is transmitted to the brain via the.....Optic NerveOlfactory NerveAuditory (chochlear nerve)Sensory Nerve
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are chemical senses?
touch
smell
taste
vision
hearing
- 12. Multiple Choice
If we did not have cones in our eyes, we would not see
colors
shapes
sizes
distant objects
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA principle that states, for any change in a stimulus to be detected, a constant proportion of that stimulus must be added or subtracted.Gate-Control TheoryWeber's LawDifference ThresholdMultiple constant
- 14. Multiple Choice
Our sense of the position and movement of individual body parts is called
kinethesis
perception
sensation
retinal disparity
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThis system controls the balance of the body.Vestibular SystemKinesthetic SystemVision systemInternal system
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