Concept Quiz 4.1 Flashcards
What is one of the differences between sensation and perception?
Sensation is the activation of sensory receptors, whereas perception is how we interpret those sensory signals
The process that allows Noreen, Jonah, and Matt to detect external or internal stimuli is termed _____.
Sensation
Maria suffers from a rare genetic disorder that does not allow incoming light from her eyes to be transmitted to her brain. Because of Maria’s disorder, which process is directly disrupted?
Transduction
An important gateway to perception is the process of _____, which is defined as a narrow focus of consciousness.
Attention
The methods of psychophysics allows us to establish the limits of awareness or _____.
Thresholds
A radiologist correctly identifying cancer from a mammogram is an example of ______.
Signal detection
Which of the following is an example of perception?
How you identify a song when you hear it
What causes each roommate to have a different interpretation of the color of the curtains?
Perception
What process best exemplifies her recognition of the light generated by these stickers?
Bottom-Up Processing
Which process causes the air conditioner to seem louder to Sean than to Thad?
Sensory Adaptation
What prevented Sam’s father from noticing the volume change the previous day?
The change on the first day failed to exceed his father’s difference threshold
Seeing light from a candle flame 30 miles away on a dark night is an example of ______.
Absolute threshold
What is one of the differences between sensation and perception?
Sensation is automatic; perception is effortful
In the most general terms, the study of sensation and perception is called _____, a term that was coined by Gustav Fechner
Psychophysics
Top-Down Processing involves the ______.
Brain imposing structure on incoming information based on previous experience
