List of top Psychology Questions on Sensation and Perception

Which theory of emotion suggests that physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously?
What is the mean of a standard normal distribution (Z-score)?
According to Maslow's hierarchy, which need must be met immediately after safety needs?
Which defense mechanism involves pushing threatening thoughts into the unconscious mind?
The "Strange Situation" procedure was developed by Mary Ainsworth to measure what?
Who is known as the father of Operant Conditioning?
Define Sensation and explain the process of Auditory Perception.
The sense of movement and body position is called:
"When the lights are turned on in a sequence, they appear to move". This phenomenon is known as:
The light-rays pass through different parts of the eye in order to convert light energy to a neural code. Arrange the following in their correct sequence of light passes through:
A. Pupil
B. Cornea
C. Retina
D. Lens
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
The tendency to perceive two things that happen close together in time as being related is called:
The snail-shaped structure of the inner ear that is filled with fluid is known as:
Which of the following is associated with depth perception?
A. Monocular cues
B. Binocular cues
C. Proximity
D. Liner perspective
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
In the trichromatic theory of color vision, which of the following cones has been included?
A. Yellow cones
B. Blue cones
C. Red cones
D. Green cones
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
We perceive a person’s face as a whole, and not as a collection of eyes, nose, mouth, etc. A face therefore is an example of:
Perceiving a text as words on a page, rather than as black and white pieces of paper, illustrates which principle of Gestalt?
The brain's interpretation of neural impulses from receptors defines:
Which perspective maintains that most human perceptual capabilities are inborn and result very little from learning?
The concept of perceptual set comes out of which approach to perceptual processing?
Which of the following questions would be of most interest to a cognitive psychologist? (A) How does a child acquire the concept of color? (B) Are introverted people more likely to be high self-monitors? (C) What mechanisms are invoked in hunger? (D) How is the unconscious represented in dreams? Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
The minimum amount of light energy that must be present for vision is called:
Which of the following is not a depth cue that is potentially available for only one eye?
Sensory is to Motor as Receptor is to:
The reduced sensitivity of sense organs to prolonged stimulation is called sensory:
The part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil is known as: