AP Psychology – Sensation and Perception

1. Which of the following is responsible for converting physical stimuli into neural impulses?

 
 
 
 

2. What is the term for the minimum difference between two stimuli required for an individual to detect a change or difference?

 
 
 
 

3. Which theory of color vision proposes that color perception is based on three types of color receptors, sensitive to red, green, and blue?

 
 
 
 

4. The sensation of touch is processed by which sense organ?

 
 
 
 

5. What is the term for the misperception of a familiar object or pattern as something else?

 
 
 
 

6. Which depth cue relies on the fact that objects that are closer to the viewer tend to block the view of objects that are farther away?

 
 
 
 

7. Which of the following is a binocular depth cue that relies on the difference in the images cast on the two retinas?

 
 
 
 

8. What is the term for the ability to perceive objects as maintaining their shape, size, color, and brightness, despite changes in sensory input?

 
 
 
 

9. Which of the following is an example of a monocular depth cue?

 
 
 
 

10. What is the term for the process by which the brain organizes and interprets sensory information to give it meaning and form?