Sensory Processes and Perception Theories Quiz

Test your knowledge on perception theories and sensory processes with this quiz covering topics like color vision, Gestalt principles, and more.

#1

Which sense is responsible for detecting chemical stimuli?

Vision
Audition
Olfaction
Gustation
#2

What is the phenomenon where a person's response to a drug changes over time due to exposure to the drug?

Sensory adaptation
Tolerance
Sensory habituation
Placebo effect
#3

What is the term for the ability to perceive depth?

Binocular cues
Monocular cues
Depth perception
Perceptual constancy
#4

What term describes the minimum amount of stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus?

Difference threshold
Absolute threshold
Sensory adaptation
Weber's law
#5

Which sense is primarily responsible for detecting pressure, touch, and vibration?

Vision
Audition
Olfaction
Somatosensation
#6

Which theory of color vision suggests that there are three types of color receptors in the eye?

Trichromatic theory
Opponent-process theory
Place theory
Frequency theory
#7

What is the Gestalt principle that states that objects that are close together tend to be perceived as a unified group?

Proximity
Closure
Similarity
Continuity
#8

Which theory of hearing suggests that different frequencies of sound waves stimulate different areas of the cochlea?

Place theory
Frequency theory
Trichromatic theory
Opponent-process theory
#9

Which Gestalt principle involves filling in gaps in a visual scene to perceive a complete, whole object?

Proximity
Closure
Continuity
Similarity
#10

Which theory of emotion suggests that physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously?

James-Lange theory
Cannon-Bard theory
Two-factor theory
Schachter-Singer theory
#11

Who proposed the theory of operant conditioning?

Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
Albert Bandura
John Watson
#12

Which theory of perception suggests that the brain processes sensory information as a whole rather than in parts?

Bottom-up processing
Top-down processing
Structuralism
Gestalt psychology
#13

Who proposed the gate-control theory of pain?

Sigmund Freud
Ivan Pavlov
Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall
Albert Bandura
#14

Which term refers to the minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection?

Absolute threshold
Difference threshold
Sensory adaptation
Weber's law
#15

Who proposed the theory of selective attention?

Donald Broadbent
George Miller
John Watson
B.F. Skinner
#16

Which term refers to the process by which sensory receptors adapt to constant stimuli over time?

Sensory transduction
Sensory adaptation
Absolute threshold
Difference threshold
#17

Which principle of perceptual organization involves grouping elements that are similar to each other?

Proximity
Closure
Similarity
Continuity
#18

Who proposed the opponent-process theory of color vision?

Hermann von Helmholtz
Ewald Hering
David Hubel
Torsten Wiesel
#19

Which term describes the brain's ability to prioritize certain sensory inputs while ignoring others?

Sensory adaptation
Selective attention
Sensory gating
Sensory threshold

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