SENSATION AND PERCEPTION UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE FULL
SOLUTION
●● Perception
Answer: The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
so that it makes sense.
●● Bottom-Up Processing
Answer: Initiated by sensory input; outside world's influence on
perception.
●● Top-Down Processing
Answer: Initiated by cognitive processing; internal/mental world's
influence on perception, including expectations and prior understanding.
●● Sensory Receptors
Answer: Specialized cells that selectively detect and transmit sensory
information to the brain.
●● Synesthesia
, Answer: One sense induces an experience in another sense (e.g., 'seeing'
music, 'tasting' color).
●● Absolute Threshold
Answer: The minimum amount of stimulus energy an organism can
detect 50 percent of the time.
●● Difference Threshold
Answer: How much stimulus difference is necessary for detection; also
known as Just Noticeable Difference (JND).
●● Subliminal Perception
Answer: Influence of information below the level of conscious
awareness.
●● Priming
Answer: Activating a particular concept or idea in memory so that the
person is affected by that concept.
●● Signal Detection Theory
Answer: Decision making about stimuli under uncertain conditions;
detection of sensory stimuli depends on factors besides physical
intensity.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE FULL
SOLUTION
●● Perception
Answer: The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
so that it makes sense.
●● Bottom-Up Processing
Answer: Initiated by sensory input; outside world's influence on
perception.
●● Top-Down Processing
Answer: Initiated by cognitive processing; internal/mental world's
influence on perception, including expectations and prior understanding.
●● Sensory Receptors
Answer: Specialized cells that selectively detect and transmit sensory
information to the brain.
●● Synesthesia
, Answer: One sense induces an experience in another sense (e.g., 'seeing'
music, 'tasting' color).
●● Absolute Threshold
Answer: The minimum amount of stimulus energy an organism can
detect 50 percent of the time.
●● Difference Threshold
Answer: How much stimulus difference is necessary for detection; also
known as Just Noticeable Difference (JND).
●● Subliminal Perception
Answer: Influence of information below the level of conscious
awareness.
●● Priming
Answer: Activating a particular concept or idea in memory so that the
person is affected by that concept.
●● Signal Detection Theory
Answer: Decision making about stimuli under uncertain conditions;
detection of sensory stimuli depends on factors besides physical
intensity.
