Question 1

Which of the following best describes prosopagnosia?

Accepted Answer

A disorder characterized by difficulty perceiving and recognizing faces.

Question 2

What is the primary difference between sensation and perception?

Accepted Answer

Sensation is the detection of physical energy by sense organs, while perception is the brain's interpretation of that sensory data.

Question 3

Which process involves building up perceptions from raw sensory input, starting with the basic features detected by the senses?

Accepted Answer

Bottom-up processing

Question 4

A person is able to detect a difference in weight between two objects only when the difference is at least 5% of the original object's weight. Which law does this scenario illustrate?

Accepted Answer

Weber's Law

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of sensory adaptation?

Accepted Answer

Becoming less aware of the smell in a room after being there for a while.

Question 6

If a green apple appears green under both sunlight and fluorescent light, which concept does this demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

Colour constancy

Question 7

Which theory explains color vision by stating that the retina contains three types of receptors sensitive to red, green, and blue?

Accepted Answer

Trichromatic theory

Question 8

A person fails to notice a gorilla walking through a basketball game while counting passes. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Inattentional blindness

Question 9

Which of the following best describes the process of transduction in the visual system?

Accepted Answer

Conversion of light energy into neural impulses by photoreceptors.

Question 10

According to the opponent process theory, which pairs of colors are processed as opposites?

Accepted Answer

Red-green, blue-yellow, black-white

Question 11

Which depth cue relies on both eyes and involves the brain integrating slightly different images from each eye?

Accepted Answer

Binocular disparity

Question 12

A marketer wants to increase the price of a product just enough for customers to notice the improvement. Which concept is the marketer applying?

Accepted Answer

Just Noticeable Difference (JND)

Question 13

Which of the following is a monocular depth cue?

Accepted Answer

Relative size

Question 14

Which sensory receptor is primarily responsible for vision in low light conditions?

Accepted Answer

Rods

Question 15

A person can hear a sound only when its intensity is above a certain level. This level is known as:

Accepted Answer

Absolute threshold

Question 16

Which phenomenon occurs when a person fails to notice changes in their environment, such as a new haircut on a friend?

Accepted Answer

Change blindness

Question 17

Which of the following best illustrates top-down processing?

Accepted Answer

Assuming a distant shape is a dog because you expect to see one at the park.

Question 18

Which effect demonstrates that hearing is influenced by what you see, such as mishearing a word when the speaker's lip movements do not match the sound?

Accepted Answer

McGurk effect

Question 19

Which formula represents Weber's Law for the Just Noticeable Difference (JND)?

Accepted Answer

$$ \Delta I = kI $$

Question 20

A patient with blindsight can correctly guess the location of a visual stimulus without conscious awareness. This is most likely due to:

Accepted Answer

Damage to higher visual cortical areas with intact lower pathways.

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