Perception and Sensation in Cognitive Processes Quiz

Sensation involves stimulating sensory receptors and sending that information to the brain.

Sensation is detecting stimuli, perception is interpreting them.

Balance isn't considered one of the primary senses.

Sensory adaptation: becoming less sensitive to unchanging stimuli.

Salty isn't a type of taste receptor.

Sensory transduction: converting physical energy to neural signals.

Perceptual constancy: perceiving objects as stable despite sensory changes.

Spicy isn't considered a primary taste sensation.

Auditory system: processes sound waves.

Sound localization: perceiving sound source location in space.

Perceptual constancy: seeing an object as same size despite distance changes.

Absolute threshold: minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus.

Sensory perception: selecting, organizing, interpreting sensory info.

Bottom-up processing: starting with stimulus details, building to perception.

Auditory acuity: ability to hear wide range of frequencies.

Texture gradient: example of monocular depth cue.

JND: minimum difference needed to detect stimuli.

Olfactory bulb: processes olfactory information.

Amacrine cells aren't receptor cells in the human eye.

Color blindness: inability to see certain colors.

Retina: transmits visual info to the brain via optic nerve.

Depth perception: perceiving world in 3D, judging distances.

Cochlea isn't a component of the vestibular sense.

Kinesthetic sense: sense of body position and movement.

Taste isn't a primary component of touch sensation.