Quiz 3: Sensation and Perception

• NNUS School of Beans (SOB) wants to ensure its community is safe from COVID-19. It decides to test everyone in its batch of 1000 students every week for 6 months. NNUS School of Jeans (SOJ) wants the same, but decides to test each student in its batch of 1000 students once a month. Which of the following is a potential consequence?

  SOB will have more false alarms but fewer misses; SOJ will have fewer false alarms but more misses
• Which of the following INCORRECTLY matches the optical illusion and the possible theory/cues used to describe the illusion?

  1. Ebbinghaus illusion; relative size
  2. Ponzo illusion; linear perspective
  3. Colour afterimages; trichromatic theory
  4. Checker shadow illusion; colour constancy - prior understanding of light and shadow
  5. Müller-Lyer illusion; linear perspective

  Colour afterimages; trichromatic theory
• Ebbinghaus illusion

  relative size
• Ponzo illusion; Müller-Lyer illusion

  linear perspective
• color afterimages

  opponent process theory
• checker shadow illusion

  color constancy - prior understanding of light and shadow
• Which of the following statements about sensing and perception is accurate?

  1. Our perception is selective.
  2. An example of sensory adaptation is the adjustment of your eyes when transitioning from a brightly lit room to a dark room, in which you are able to see more clearly after a few minutes.
  3. The perception of a painting can vary based on contextual factors, but the taste of bubble tea remains consistent regardless of context.

  1
• Which of the following statements is true?

  1. Everyone’s sensations and perceptions differ.
  2. Perceptions may differ, but sensations will not.
  3. Unless perceived, we remain unaware of sensations
  4. We can perceive something but not be aware of it.

  1, 3, 4