Sensation Perception quiz

Question 1

Absolute threshold

Answer 1

Minimum energy needed to detect stimulus

Question 2

Amplitude

Answer 2

Height of sound waves

Question 3

Cocktail party effect

Answer 3

Ability to focus attention while filtering out other stimuli

Question 4

Afterimage

Answer 4

Lingering visual impression

Question 5

Difference threshold

Answer 5

Smallest amount that you can detect difference

Question 6

Taste receptors on tongue

Answer 6

Sour, sweet, bitter, salty, umani

Question 7

Frequency theory

Answer 7

Pitch of sound wave matches nerve impulses frequency in auditory nerve

Question 8

Comes

Answer 8

Near center and help us with color (well lit conditions)

Question 9

Rods

Answer 9

Detect black/white(low lit conditions)

Question 10

Gate control theory

Answer 10

Spinal cord has gate that allows or blocks pain signals to pass to brain

Question 11

Gestalt Theory

Answer 11

Emphasizes large whole of pieces

Question 12

Opponent process theory

Answer 12

Red-green
Blue-yellow
White- black
Enable vision color

Question 13

Place theory of hearing

Answer 13

Links to pitch we hear

Question 14

Selective attention

Answer 14

Focusing on specific stimulus

Question 15

Sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 15

Hearing loss caused by damage to cochlear receptors/auditory nerves

Question 16

Conduction hearing loss

Answer 16

Damage to mechanical system that sends sound to cochlea

Question 17

Sensory adaptation

Answer 17

Less aware of stimulus we’re constantly exposed to

Question 18

Sound waves

Answer 18

Air molecules bumping into each other

Question 19

Wavelength/frequency

Answer 19

Number of complete wavelengths in given time

Question 20

Weber’s law

Answer 20

To be perceived as different stimuli must differ by constant %