Sensory Perception and Psychophysics Quiz

Hearing is the sense primarily associated with detecting sound waves.

Spicy is not considered one of the basic tastes; it is a sensation of pain.

Touch is the sense primarily responsible for detecting changes in temperature.

The tympanic membrane, also known as the eardrum, transmits sound vibrations to the inner ear.

Pungent is not considered one of the primary tastes detected by taste buds.

Sweet is not considered one of the primary sensations of touch.

Absolute threshold refers to the minimum amount of stimulation needed for a person to detect a stimulus.

Sensory adaptation refers to the brain's tendency to filter out constant, unchanging stimuli.

Difference threshold is the smallest difference in stimulation that can be detected 50% of the time.

The cochlea is not part of the vestibular system; it is responsible for hearing.

Figure-ground perception describes the tendency to perceive an incomplete stimulus as a whole object against a background.

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

The iris is the part of the eye responsible for controlling the size of the pupil and thus the amount of light that enters.

Weber's Law states that the just noticeable difference is a constant proportion of the original stimulus.

The olfactory bulb is primarily responsible for processing olfactory information.

The trichromatic theory suggests that there are three types of cones in the retina, each sensitive to a different wavelength of light.

The occipital lobe is primarily responsible for processing visual information.

Retinal disparity is the perception of two different images by each eye, resulting in a single fused image.