Preassement to Sensation and Perception Number 1 to

Question 1 You can see color in your peripheral vision

Question 2 Receptor cells allow you interpret what is going on your world

Question 3 Sensation refers to the process of getting information from the world to our brain.

Question 4 If you stay in a hot tub it will seem as hot as it did when you first got in it. Sensory adaptation refers to the decline in sensitivity to a constant stimuli.

Question 5 Our interpretations of the world are due to our personal sensations.

Question 6 The colored part of the eye, which is actually a ring of muscles that controls the size of the pupil, is called the iris

Question 7 The eardrum is interprets sound waves for the brain so that we can hear.

Question 8 Soap operas are so popular because people can relate to the people in the stories.

Question 9 The ability to see depth can only be accomplished with two eyes.

Question 10 People judge people based on what groups they belong

Question 11 On a clear, dark night we can see a candle flame 30 miles away.

Question 12 Advertisers are able to shape our buying habits through subliminal messages

Question 13 If we stare at a green square for a while and then look at a white sheet of paper, we can see red

Question 14 If we close our eyes and hold our nose, we cannot taste the difference between an apple and a raw potato.

Question 15 If required to look through a pair of glasses that turns the world upside down, we soon adapt and coordinate our movements without difficulty.

Question 16 If people are told that an infant is “David”, they are likely to see “him” as bigger and stronger that if the same infant is called “Diana.”

Question 17 Laboratory evidence clearly indicates that some people do have ESP

Answers to the preassessment

Question 1 - False You can see color in your peripheral vision False – we can only see in black and white in our peripheral vision

Question 2 - TRUE Receptor cells allow you interpret what is going on your world – the translate for the brain

Question 3 - True Sensation refers to the process of detecting a physical stimulus, such as sound, light, heat, or pressure

Question 4 - False Sensory adaptation refers to the decline in sensitivity to a constant stimuli. – So the hot tub will no longer be as hot

Question 5 - False Our interpretations of the world are due to our personal Perceptions. The process of integrating, organizing, and interpreting sensations is called Perceptions.

Question 6 - True The colored part of the eye, which is actually a ring of muscles that controls the size of the pupil, is called the iris

Question 7 - False The cochlea (with the hair cells) interprets sound waves for the brain so that we can hear. The eardrum amplifies the sound

Question 8 - False Soap operas are so popular because people can relate to the people in the stories. It is because people want closure – generally people dislike things that are not finished

Question 9 - False The ability to see depth can only be accomplished with two eyes. We can see depth with one or both of our eyes

Question 10 - TRUE People judge people based on what groups they belong

Question 11 - True On a clear, dark night we can see a candle flame 30 miles away.

Question 12 - False Advertisers are able to shape our buying habits through subliminal messages It would be through direct marketing of products

Question 13 - True If we stare at a green square for a while and then look at a white sheet of paper, we can see red

Question 14 If we close our eyes and hold our nose, we cannot taste the difference between an apple and a raw potato.

Question 15 - True If required to look through a pair of glasses that turns the world upside down, we soon adapt and coordinate our movements without difficulty.

Question 16 - True If people are told that an infant is “David”, they are likely to see “him” as bigger and stronger that if the same infant is called “Diana.”

Question 17 - False Laboratory evidence clearly indicates that some people do have ESP Laboratories have not been able to prove this