Psychology Exam questions with
Multiple Choice answers graded A+
The main distinction between sensation and perception is that only perception involves
a.) noticing that a different stimulus is present
b.) detecting the absence of stimulus
c.) interpreting what the stimulus is
d.) deciding how to react to the stimulus - ANS✅✅C
A specialized sensory cell that detects stimuli is called a
a.) sensory receptor organ
b.) taste pore
c.) tastant
d.) sensory receptor cell - ANS✅✅D
An absolute threshold is the
a.) ability to detect stimuli of all intensities
b.) lowest intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time
c.) length of time it take to habituate a stimulus
d.) lowest intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect 100% of the time - ANS✅✅B
Imagine your professor asks you to conduct an experiment in which you have to increase the
intensity of a light several times and determine the smallest change in the intensity of light that your
friend can detect. You are measuring your friend's:
a.) just noticeable difference (JND)
b.) Gestalt perception
c.) sensory code
d.) absolute threshold - ANS✅✅A
Sensory adaption is the
a.) progressive loss of responsiveness in sensory cells exposed to a constant stimulus
, b.) progressive evolution of sensory systems throughout human history
c.) heightening of sensory responses to unfamiliar stimuli
d.) heightening of sensory responses to familiar stimuli - ANS✅✅A
The ________ is the region of the occipital lobe where most visual information first arrives.
a.) thalamus
b.) iris
c.) primary visual cortex
d.) fovea - ANS✅✅C
Which is a characteristic of the cones?
a.) work well in low light conditions
b.) provide color vision
c.) have poorer acuity than rods
d.) outnumber the rods by a 10 to 1 ratio - ANS✅✅B
If someone shined a flashlight into your eye, your _________ would constrict.
a.) eyelid
b.) retina
c.) cornea
d.) pupil - ANS✅✅D
While you are sitting in a park, you see a tulip that is exposed to the sun. Shortly after you notice it,
the tulip is exposed to the shade. According to the concept of color constancy, you perceive that
color of tulip has
a.) changed, based on your experience with objects
b.) remained the same, but the lighting conditions have changed
c.) remained the same, because you cannot trust your sensations in bright light
d.) changed, because tulips normally change in color due to heat - ANS✅✅B
Which of the following examples best illustrates an application of the Gestalt rule of figure and
ground?
Multiple Choice answers graded A+
The main distinction between sensation and perception is that only perception involves
a.) noticing that a different stimulus is present
b.) detecting the absence of stimulus
c.) interpreting what the stimulus is
d.) deciding how to react to the stimulus - ANS✅✅C
A specialized sensory cell that detects stimuli is called a
a.) sensory receptor organ
b.) taste pore
c.) tastant
d.) sensory receptor cell - ANS✅✅D
An absolute threshold is the
a.) ability to detect stimuli of all intensities
b.) lowest intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time
c.) length of time it take to habituate a stimulus
d.) lowest intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect 100% of the time - ANS✅✅B
Imagine your professor asks you to conduct an experiment in which you have to increase the
intensity of a light several times and determine the smallest change in the intensity of light that your
friend can detect. You are measuring your friend's:
a.) just noticeable difference (JND)
b.) Gestalt perception
c.) sensory code
d.) absolute threshold - ANS✅✅A
Sensory adaption is the
a.) progressive loss of responsiveness in sensory cells exposed to a constant stimulus
, b.) progressive evolution of sensory systems throughout human history
c.) heightening of sensory responses to unfamiliar stimuli
d.) heightening of sensory responses to familiar stimuli - ANS✅✅A
The ________ is the region of the occipital lobe where most visual information first arrives.
a.) thalamus
b.) iris
c.) primary visual cortex
d.) fovea - ANS✅✅C
Which is a characteristic of the cones?
a.) work well in low light conditions
b.) provide color vision
c.) have poorer acuity than rods
d.) outnumber the rods by a 10 to 1 ratio - ANS✅✅B
If someone shined a flashlight into your eye, your _________ would constrict.
a.) eyelid
b.) retina
c.) cornea
d.) pupil - ANS✅✅D
While you are sitting in a park, you see a tulip that is exposed to the sun. Shortly after you notice it,
the tulip is exposed to the shade. According to the concept of color constancy, you perceive that
color of tulip has
a.) changed, based on your experience with objects
b.) remained the same, but the lighting conditions have changed
c.) remained the same, because you cannot trust your sensations in bright light
d.) changed, because tulips normally change in color due to heat - ANS✅✅B
Which of the following examples best illustrates an application of the Gestalt rule of figure and
ground?
