assessment

Review questions

Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:

  • Sensation is to ________ as perception is to ________.
    • vision, olfaction
      • Incorrect.
    • conscious, unconscious
      • Incorrect.
    • awareness, interpretation
      • Incorrect.
    • taste, vision
      • Incorrect.
  • People are more likely to notice a $0.50 increase in the price of a candy bar than they are to notice a $0.50 increase in the price of an iPad. This illustrates:
    • the absolute threshold.
      • Incorrect.
    • Weber’s law.
      • Correct.
    • the difference threshold.
      • Incorrect.
    • psychophysics.
      • Incorrect.
  • Top-down processing is to _____ as bottom-up processing is to _____.
    • hearing a bark; hearing a tone
      • Correct.
    • seeing color; seeing shapes
      • Incorrect.
    • hearing a tone; seeing color
      • Incorrect.
    • seeing a emoji; hearing a bark
      • Incorrect.
  • The Perceptual Process starts with:
    • sensation.
      • Incorrect.
    • Perception.
      • Incorrect.
    • neural processing.
      • Incorrect.
    • the stimulus.
      • Correct.