1. iClicker Questions for Psychology, Seventh Edition by Peter Gray Chapter 7: Smell, Taste, Pain, Hearing, and Psychophysics

2.  ________ refers to the basic processes by which sensory organs and the nervous system respond to stimuli in the environment and to the elementary psychological experiences that result from those processes. _________ refers to the more complex organizing of sensory information within the brain and the meaningful interpretations extracted from it.
Answer: a
Sensation; Perception
Perception; Sensation
Transduction; Coding
Coding; Transduction

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the three processes of sensation?
Physical stimulus
Psychological interpretation
Sensory experience
Physiological response
Answer: b

4. The process by which a receptor cell produces an electrical change in response to a physical stimulus is called:
receptor potential.
coding.
transduction.
perception.
Answer: c

5. Which of the following is NOT a type of taste receptor possessed by humans?
Umami
Sweet
Bitter
Tangy
Answer: d

6. As a professional chef, which of the following sensations would you rely on most?
Hearing
Seeing
Balance
Smell
Answer: d

7. Which of the following phenomena is an example of the fact that pain does not always originate from stimulation of pain receptors?
Asymbolia for pain
Phantom-limb pain
Insular cortex pain
Disorganized pain
Answer: b

8. As we age, we lose our sensitivity to _____ frequencies to a much greater degree than to _____ frequencies.
low; high
high; low
medium; high
low; medium
Answer: b

9. Which of the following activities requires you to use the absolute threshold for sensation?
Telling the difference between sweet and salty
Detecting a tiny, faint light on a radar screen
Deciding if two glasses contain the same amount of water
Telling if your guitar is in tune
Answer: b