1. Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
Clicker Questions
Psychology, 7th Edition by Sandra E. Hockenbury, Susan A. Nolan, and Don H. Hockenbury
Slides by Cathleen Campbell-Raufer, Ph.D.
Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception

2. 1. Sensation can be defined as the process of: a
1. Sensation can be defined as the process of: a. organizing sensory information b. interpreting sensory information c. assembling sensory information into patterns d. detecting sensory information

3. 1. Sensation can be defined as the process of: a
1. Sensation can be defined as the process of: a. organizing sensory information b. interpreting sensory information c. assembling sensory information into patterns d. detecting sensory information

4. 2. A doctor giving you a hearing test wants to know the quietest tone you can identify. Your doctor was trying to establish your ______.
a. absolute threshold
b. difference threshold
c. Weber’s threshold
d. subliminal threshold

5. 2. A doctor giving you a hearing test wants to know the quietest tone you can identify. Your doctor was trying to establish your ______.
a. absolute threshold
b. difference threshold
c. Weber’s threshold
d. subliminal threshold

6. 3. The part of the eye whose job is to focus the light on retina is the: a. lens b. cornea c. pupil d. iris

7. 3. The part of the eye whose job is to focus the light on retina is the: a. lens b. cornea c. pupil d. iris

8. 4. Another name for the optic disk is: a. fovea b. blind spot c
4. Another name for the optic disk is: a. fovea b. blind spot c. bipolar cell d. ganglion cell

9. 4. Another name for the optic disk is: a. fovea b. blind spot c
4. Another name for the optic disk is: a. fovea b. blind spot c. bipolar cell d. ganglion cell

10. 5. The place where the optic nerve fibers cross after leaving the retina is called the: a. primary visual cortex b. thalamus c. optic chiasm d. hypothalamus

11. 5. The place where the optic nerve fibers cross after leaving the retina is called the: a. primary visual cortex b. thalamus c. optic chiasm d. hypothalamus

12. 6. Afterimages provide support for which theory of color vision. a
6. Afterimages provide support for which theory of color vision? a. Trichromatic Theory b. Opponent-Process Theory c. Both Trichromatic & Opponent-Process Theories d. Neither Trichromatic nor Opponent- Process Theory

13. 6. Afterimages provide support for which theory of color vision. a
6. Afterimages provide support for which theory of color vision? a. Trichromatic Theory b. Opponent-Process Theory c. Both Trichromatic & Opponent-Process Theories d. Neither Trichromatic nor Opponent- Process Theory

14. 7. The loudness of a sound is referred to as: a. frequency b
7. The loudness of a sound is referred to as: a. frequency b. amplitude c. timbre d. pitch

15. 7. The loudness of a sound is referred to as: a. frequency b
7. The loudness of a sound is referred to as: a. frequency b. amplitude c. timbre d. pitch

16. 8. The sense of smell is referred to as: a. gustation b. olfaction c
8. The sense of smell is referred to as: a. gustation b. olfaction c. the tactile sense d. the vestibular sense

17. 8. The sense of smell is referred to as: a. gustation b. olfaction c
8. The sense of smell is referred to as: a. gustation b. olfaction c. the tactile sense d. the vestibular sense

18. 9. The taste category umami refers to food that is: a. sweet b. salty c. bitter d. yummy

19. 9. The taste category umami refers to food that is: a. sweet b. salty c. bitter d. yummy

20. 10. As you respond to the pain of a stubbed toe, your ______ are hard at work transmitting the body’s immediate response.
a. A-delta fibers
b. C fibers
c. substance P fibers
d. proprioceptors

21. 10. As you respond to the pain of a stubbed toe, your ______ are hard at work transmitting the body’s immediate response.
a. A-delta fibers
b. C fibers
c. substance P fibers
d. proprioceptors

22. 11. You are attending a yoga class and are being asked to stand on one leg and lean forward. To maintain your balance, you are relying mostly on your ______ sense.
a. kinesthetic
b. vestibular
c. common
d. proprioceptive

23. 11. You are attending a yoga class and are being asked to stand on one leg and lean forward. To maintain your balance, you are relying mostly on your ______ sense.
a. kinesthetic
b. vestibular
c. common
d. proprioceptive

24. 12. The fact that we tend to fill in missing gaps is the essence of the Gestalt law of: a. similarity b. continuity c. closure d. proximity

25. 12. The fact that we tend to fill in missing gaps is the essence of the Gestalt law of: a. similarity b. continuity c. closure d. proximity

26. 13. Which cue to depth perception requires two eyes. a. convergence b
13. Which cue to depth perception requires two eyes? a. convergence b. texture gradient c. motion parallax d. relative size

27. 13. Which cue to depth perception requires two eyes. a. convergence b
13. Which cue to depth perception requires two eyes? a. convergence b. texture gradient c. motion parallax d. relative size

28. 14. As your roommate walks toward you, the image on your retina is changing in size. You don’t believe that your roommate is getting larger because your perceptual system allows you to have:
a. shape constancy.
b. monocular cues.
c. perceptual illusions.
d. size constancy.

29. 14. As your roommate walks toward you, the image on your retina is changing in size. You don’t believe that your roommate is getting larger because your perceptual system allows you to have:
a. shape constancy.
b. monocular cues.
c. perceptual illusions.
d. size constancy.

30. 15. You are looking for your girlfriend in a crowded airport
15. You are looking for your girlfriend in a crowded airport. Because of ______, you may mistakenly believe that you spot your girlfriend when you see another girl with short, dark hair.
a. bottom-up processes
b. perceptual set
c. shape constancy
d. size constancy

31. 15. You are looking for your girlfriend in a crowded airport
15. You are looking for your girlfriend in a crowded airport. Because of ______, you may mistakenly believe that you spot your girlfriend when you see another girl with short, dark hair.
a. bottom-up processes
b. perceptual set
c. shape constancy
d. size constancy