Fundamentals of Sensation and Perception in Psychology Quiz

Explore the fundamentals of sensation and perception in psychology with this quiz covering taste, vision, hearing, depth perception, and more!

#1

Which sense is primarily responsible for detecting taste?

Vision
Audition
Gustation
Olfaction
#2

What is the term for the ability to maintain a constant perception of an object despite changes in sensory input?

Sensory adaptation
Perceptual constancy
Absolute threshold
Sensory transduction
#3

What is the term for the process by which our eyes become less sensitive to an unchanging stimulus over time?

Sensory adaptation
Habituation
Selective attention
Perceptual constancy
#4

Which type of color blindness is more common among males?

Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
Monochromacy
#5

In the context of hearing, what is the term for the highness or lowness of a sound wave?

Pitch
Timbre
Volume
Frequency
#6

Which gestalt principle involves grouping nearby figures together?

Closure
Proximity
Similarity
Continuity
#7

What term is used to describe the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time?

Threshold
Intensity
Sensation
Perception
#8

Which part of the eye contains photoreceptor cells for vision?

Cornea
Lens
Retina
Iris
#9

Which area of the brain is associated with the processing of visual information?

Hippocampus
Amygdala
Occipital lobe
Frontal lobe
#10

What is the term for the tendency to perceive meaningful patterns in random stimuli?

Gestalt principle
Pareidolia
Selective attention
Bottom-up processing
#11

Which theory suggests that pain signals must pass through a 'gate' in the spinal cord before reaching the brain?

Gate-control theory
Dual-process theory
Placebo effect
Phantom limb syndrome
#12

Which depth cue relies on the fact that objects farther away appear smaller than closer objects of the same size?

Linear perspective
Interposition
Relative size
Texture gradient
#13

Who proposed the trichromatic theory of color vision?

Gustav Fechner
Hermann von Helmholtz
David Hubel
Richard Gregory
#14

What is the term for the process by which we interpret and organize sensory information?

Sensation
Transduction
Perception
Adaptation
#15

Which neurotransmitter is associated with the sense of pleasure and reward?

Dopamine
Serotonin
Acetylcholine
GABA
#16

In signal detection theory, what does the term 'false positive' refer to?

Failing to detect a signal
Incorrectly detecting a signal that is not present
Correctly detecting a signal
Ignoring the signal
#17

What is the term for the smallest change in a stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time?

Difference threshold
Absolute threshold
Sensory adaptation
Perceptual constancy
#18

What is the name of the structure in the inner ear responsible for translating sound vibrations into neural signals?

Cochlea
Auditory canal
Tympanic membrane
Ossicles

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