Sensation, Perception and Attention in Psychology MCQ Questions and Answers

A. Gather the responses of many nearby receptors

B. Send the responses to the cerebral cortex through ganglion cells

C. Both A and B

D. None of the above

A. Afferent codes

B. Efferent codes

C. Afferent neurons

D. Codicals

A. It is a theory of colour perception

B. It suggests that we have three types of cones

C. It suggests that each type of cone is primarily receptive to different wavelengths of light

D. All of the above

A. Neural activity recorded in the visual cortex by cells named by Hubel and Wiesel

B. These cells are active only if the stimulus line is in a particular orientation and of a specific length and width

C. These cells appear to be connected to an array of complex cells

D. All of the above

A. Vigilance

B. Sustained attention

C. Both A and B

D. None of the above

A. Broota and Ganguli

B. Bruner and Goodman

C. Segall

D. Hers kovits

A. Two eyes co-operate to yield the experience of solidity and distance

B. Two eyes move in the opposite direction

C. One eye remains shut

D. None of the above

A. The experience of pitch depends upon the place at which the organ of Corti is most stimulated

B. The afferent code for the pitch of higher frequencies is largely a spatial one

C. For frequencies above 1500 hertz pitch depends upon the fact that different portions of the organ of corti on the basilar membrane are maximally stimulated by different frequencies

D. All of the above

A. Apparent movement

B. Real movement

C. Induced movement

D. Autokinetic movement

A. The reduced sensitivity to unchanging stimuli over time

B. Getting used to a frequently changing stimuli

C. Increased sensitivity to unchanging stimuli

D. A static view