PREMIUM EXAM
THE A+ ADVANTAGE: ACE 2026/2027 NEU 325 SENSATION
AND PERCEPTION CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION|
COMPREHENSIVE Q&A
● Photoreceptors - Rods Answer: rod shaped, longer than cones
● rod receptors are responsible for ____ Answer: night vision
● Rod receptors don't let you ______ Answer: see sharply, no color
vision
● Photoreceptors - Cones Answer: cone shaped, shorter than rods
● Cone receptors are responsible for ___ Answer: daytime vision
● Cone receptors allow you to _____ Answer: see sharply, gives you
color vision
● The visual cortex is the ____ Answer: end of energy's path
● parallel processing is defined as_____ Answer: processing different
visual components/functions simultaneously
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● visual information is analyzed in terms of______ Answer: opponent
colors (red-green, blue-yellow) and that there is an antagonist
relationship between the two
cant see both opponent colors together - no greenish-red
● color deficiencies is defined as ____ Answer: as least a partial loss of
color perception
● physical representation of the external environment which takes place
in the _____ Answer: sensory receptors and the nervous system
● The definition of transduction______ Answer: The transformation of
environmental energy into neural activity; process of converting
sensory stimuli into
● Transduction is the process of___ Answer: converting sensory stimuli
into neural impulses
● Psychophysics is defined as _____ Answer: the study of the
relationship between the physical stimulus and the observer's
perceptual response to that stimulus
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● Absolute threshold is the ____ Answer: smallest amount of energy
needed to detect a stimulus
● perceptual correlate of wavelength is _____ Answer: hue /color
● perceptual correlate of amplitude is ______ Answer: brightness /
intensity
● Perceptual correlate of frequency is________ Answer: pitch
● perceptual correlate of amplitude is _______ Answer: intensity /
loudness
● what is the structure of the cochlea? Answer: It is wound up like a
snail
● within the inner ear, the hair cells bend, releasing a _____ Answer:
neurotransmitter onto nerve cells - neuro communication
point of transduction into neuro information
● Chemical senses because _______ Answer: the receptors respond to
the presence of chemical substances
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● four primary taste sensations: Answer: sweet, salty, sour, bitter
● Olfactory nerve is when Answer: information from bulb comes to
nerve, then various places
● olfactory pathway: the thalamus is the Answer: grand relay station
● olfactory pathway: the limbic system is Answer: associated with
smells and emotions
● 4 basic types of skin sensations__________ Answer: pressure,
warmth, cold and pain
● hot skin sensations is when ________ Answer: warm receptors and
cold receptors are activated at the same time
● mechanoreceptors detect _______ Answer: touch and pressure
changes
sensations depend on distance to the brain
● thermoreceptors detect_____ Answer: temperature and changes in
temperature
4
THE A+ ADVANTAGE: ACE 2026/2027 NEU 325 SENSATION
AND PERCEPTION CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION|
COMPREHENSIVE Q&A
● Photoreceptors - Rods Answer: rod shaped, longer than cones
● rod receptors are responsible for ____ Answer: night vision
● Rod receptors don't let you ______ Answer: see sharply, no color
vision
● Photoreceptors - Cones Answer: cone shaped, shorter than rods
● Cone receptors are responsible for ___ Answer: daytime vision
● Cone receptors allow you to _____ Answer: see sharply, gives you
color vision
● The visual cortex is the ____ Answer: end of energy's path
● parallel processing is defined as_____ Answer: processing different
visual components/functions simultaneously
1
,PREMIUM EXAM
● visual information is analyzed in terms of______ Answer: opponent
colors (red-green, blue-yellow) and that there is an antagonist
relationship between the two
cant see both opponent colors together - no greenish-red
● color deficiencies is defined as ____ Answer: as least a partial loss of
color perception
● physical representation of the external environment which takes place
in the _____ Answer: sensory receptors and the nervous system
● The definition of transduction______ Answer: The transformation of
environmental energy into neural activity; process of converting
sensory stimuli into
● Transduction is the process of___ Answer: converting sensory stimuli
into neural impulses
● Psychophysics is defined as _____ Answer: the study of the
relationship between the physical stimulus and the observer's
perceptual response to that stimulus
2
,PREMIUM EXAM
● Absolute threshold is the ____ Answer: smallest amount of energy
needed to detect a stimulus
● perceptual correlate of wavelength is _____ Answer: hue /color
● perceptual correlate of amplitude is ______ Answer: brightness /
intensity
● Perceptual correlate of frequency is________ Answer: pitch
● perceptual correlate of amplitude is _______ Answer: intensity /
loudness
● what is the structure of the cochlea? Answer: It is wound up like a
snail
● within the inner ear, the hair cells bend, releasing a _____ Answer:
neurotransmitter onto nerve cells - neuro communication
point of transduction into neuro information
● Chemical senses because _______ Answer: the receptors respond to
the presence of chemical substances
3
, PREMIUM EXAM
● four primary taste sensations: Answer: sweet, salty, sour, bitter
● Olfactory nerve is when Answer: information from bulb comes to
nerve, then various places
● olfactory pathway: the thalamus is the Answer: grand relay station
● olfactory pathway: the limbic system is Answer: associated with
smells and emotions
● 4 basic types of skin sensations__________ Answer: pressure,
warmth, cold and pain
● hot skin sensations is when ________ Answer: warm receptors and
cold receptors are activated at the same time
● mechanoreceptors detect _______ Answer: touch and pressure
changes
sensations depend on distance to the brain
● thermoreceptors detect_____ Answer: temperature and changes in
temperature
4
