Which Of The Following Is True Of Perception

Question: Which of the following is true of perception?

Answer: Perception is the process in which sensations are organized and interpreted.

Question: Rashid heard the dripping water faucet, but his roommate Brian did not hear the noise. Why could Rashid hear the noise?

Answer: The physical energy was above Rashid’s absolute threshold.

Question: Stephon’s neighbor asked him to turn down his music, and even though he did, she believes the volume is the same as before. What might be the reason for her experience?

Answer: The change in volume was below the neighbor’s difference threshold.

Question: Neurons in the sensory cortex that fire in response to specific characteristics of sensory information such as lines or edges of objects are known as

Answer: feature detectors.

Question: Carla and her roommates live near a freeway, but after a few weeks they no longer notice the sound of the traffic speeding by their apartment. Why has the noise become less bothersome?

Answer: Sensory adaptation

Question: The area of the inner surface of the eye that contains rods and cones is known as the

Answer: retina.

Question: Which of the following is the area of the eye where vision is clearest?

Answer: Fovea

Question: Which of the following terms is descriptive of color intensity?

Answer: Saturation

Question: The trichromatic theory of color vision proposes which of the following?

Answer: There are three types of cones, each most sensitive to either red, green, or blue.

Question: Tran is partially color-blind, as she only sees red and green. She explains to her friends that her doctor refers to her as

Answer: a dichromat.