Role of sensation and perception in cognition

Question 1 of 11

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What is the term used when referring to cognition?

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'higher' mental processes
'physiological' process
process by which we 'analyse'

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Question 2 of 11

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Two cognitive processes are sensation and perception?

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True
False

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Question 3 of 11

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What is sensation?

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A physiological process involving sensory receptors detecting and responding to the presence of stimuli. Anything which is experienced through the senses.
The mental process of organizing and interpreting sensory stimuli sent form the senses so it achieves a meaningful form.

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Question 4 of 11

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The stages of visual perception are:
- Reception
- Transduction
- Transmission
- Selection
- Organisation
- Interpretation

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True
False

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Question 5 of 11

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What are gestalt principles?

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Figure ground, closure, similarity and proximity
Figure ground, closure, distance and proximity

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Question 6 of 11

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Monocular cues include linear perspective, interposition, texture gradient, relative size and height in the visual field.

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True
False

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Question 7 of 11

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Visual constancies are our exposure to stimuli

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True
False

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Question 8 of 11

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Psychological factors that effect perception

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Past experiences, context, motivation/emotional state, culture, suggestion and instruction
Whether one attends with divided or selective attention

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Question 9 of 11

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Selective attention is attending to certain stimuli while ignoring others

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True
False

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Question 10 of 11

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Divided attention is a concentration of mental activity that involves focusing on specific stimuli and ignoring other stimuli

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True
False

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Question 11 of 11

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Muller-Lyer illusion

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A visual illusion in which two lines of equal length – one capped with inward pointing arrowheads, the other capped with outward pointing arrowheads ar perceived as being different lengths.
An illusion caused by an intentionally disorted room, viewed through a peephole, disrupting perceptual constancies and misleading the viewer to perceive people changing size (Shrinking or growing) as they cross the floor from one corner of the room to the corner diagonally opposite.
An illusion where two horizontal lines of equal length are drawn inside two converging lines, but the line in the narrower section of the converging lines.

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This small quiz consists of multiple choice and false/true questions under the syllabus point of the 'role of sensation and perception in cognition'

Role of sensation and perception in cognition

Role of sensation and perception in cognition

Question 1 of 11

What is the term used when referring to cognition?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 11

Two cognitive processes are sensation and perception?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 11

What is sensation?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 11

The stages of visual perception are: - Reception - Transduction - Transmission - Selection - Organisation - Interpretation

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Explanation

Question 5 of 11

What are gestalt principles?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 11

Monocular cues include linear perspective, interposition, texture gradient, relative size and height in the visual field.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 11

Visual constancies are our exposure to stimuli

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Explanation

Question 8 of 11

Psychological factors that effect perception

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Explanation

Question 9 of 11

Selective attention is attending to certain stimuli while ignoring others

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Explanation

Question 10 of 11

Divided attention is a concentration of mental activity that involves focusing on specific stimuli and ignoring other stimuli

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Explanation

Question 11 of 11

Muller-Lyer illusion

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Explanation

The stages of visual perception are:
- Reception
- Transduction
- Transmission
- Selection
- Organisation
- Interpretation