Ch4.1- Sensation and Perception

Question 1

The process of attending to, organising and interpreting stimuli is ______

Answer 1

Perception

Question 2

The process of detecting external events from sense organs and turning those stimuli into neural signals is _____

Answer 2

Sensation

Question 3

When specialised receptors transform the physical energy of the outside world into neural impulses.

i.e. when raw sensations from the sensory organs are turned into information the brain can process

Answer 3

Transduction

Question 4

The organisation of different senses; different senses being separated in the brain. Eg. visual information goes to the occipital lobes, sound goes to the temporal lobes.

(hint: Doctrine of….? )

Answer 4

Doctrine of specific nerve energies

Question 5

Most sensory information (excluding smell) passes through this part of the brain, which acts as a gateway to the cortex

Answer 5

Thalamus

Question 6

The name of the response where we quickly shift our attention to stimuli that signals a change in our sensory world.

hint: sensory _______

Answer 6

sensory adaptation

Question 7

The minimum quantity of stimulus needed for detection to reliably occur 50% of the time is called

a) difference threshold
b) absolute threshold
c) minimum threshold
d) maximum threshold

Answer 7

b) absolute threshold

Question 8

The smallest DIFFERENCE between stimuli that can be reliably detected at least 50% of the time.

a) difference threshold
b) absolute threshold
c) minimum threshold
d) maximum threshold

Answer 8

a) difference threshold

Question 9

Theory that states whether a stimulus is perceived depends on both sensory experience and judgement made by the subject.

consists of: Hit, Miss, false alarm, and correct rejection.

a) signal rejection theory
b) signal detection theory
c) detective signal theory
d) rejective signal theory

Answer 9

b) signal detection theory

Question 10

subliminal influence can…

a) create new motivational states, and reinforce existing motivational states.
b) create new motivational states, but do not affect existing states.
c) affect existing motivational states, but cannot create new motivation states.
d) cannot affect any motivational states whatsoever.

Answer 10

c) affect existing motivation states, but cannot create new motivational states.

Question 11

____ is the study of how physical events relate to psychological perceptions of those events.

a) functionalism
b) structuralism
c) clinical psychology
d) psychophysics

Answer 11

d) psychophysics

Question 12

The school that emphasises that perception as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Answer 12

Gestalt psychology

Question 13

Processing whereby we perceive bits of information and use them to construct a more complex perception (e.g. a message)

a) top down processing
b) bottom up processing

Answer 13

b) bottom up processing

Question 14

Processing whereby perceptions are influenced by expectations or prior knowledge

a) top down processing
b) bottom up processing

Answer 14

a) top down processing

Question 15

Focusing on one particular event or task

a) divided attention
b) selective attention
c) focused attention
d) inattentional blindness

Answer 15

b) selective attention

Question 16

Paying attention to more than one stimulus or task at a time

a) divided attention
b) selective attention
c) multitasking
d) inattentional blindness

Answer 16

a) divided attention

Question 17

Phenomenon related to selective attention- a failure to notice clearly visible events or objects because focus is directed elsewhere

a) divided attention
b) selective attention
c) focused attention
d) inattentional blindness

Answer 17

d) inattentional blindness