Sensory Perception and Information Processing Quiz

Umami is considered the fifth primary taste sensation, alongside sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

The olfactory bulb is responsible for the sense of smell.

The vestibular sense helps maintain balance and spatial orientation.

Interposition is a monocular cue for depth perception.

The temporal lobe is responsible for processing auditory information.

The occipital lobe is the primary area in the brain responsible for processing visual information.

Absolute threshold is the minimum stimulus energy needed for detection by a sensory system.

Sensory adaptation is the phenomenon where the perception of a stimulus is changed due to previous exposure to similar stimuli.

Trichromatic theory suggests that there are three types of cones, each sensitive to a different range of wavelengths, contributing to color vision.

Perceptual constancy is the ability to maintain a constant perception of an object despite changes in sensory input.

Selective attention is the type of attention that involves focusing on a specific aspect of experience while ignoring others.

Sensory transduction is the process by which sensory receptors convert sensory stimuli into neural impulses.

Perception is the process by which we perceive and interpret sensory information in a meaningful way.

Closure is a gestalt principle of perceptual organization.

Biopsychosocial theory suggests that pain is a multidimensional experience.

Context effect is a phenomenon where the perception of a stimulus is influenced by surrounding stimuli.