MCQs on the Sensation

The amount of change necessary in a given stimulus to produce a just noticeable difference is a constant proportion of the original stimulus. This defines

Seeing out of the corner of your eye, often important in sports activities and driving, is called

According to Weber’s Law, if two light bulbs must go out in a room in which twenty are burning to make the room noticeably dimmer, then a room in which forty are burning will become noticeably dimmer when __________ bulbs go out.

Information picked up by the body’s receptor cells is termed

The function of the lens is to

The external, or visible, part of the ear is called the

Hearing loss caused when the eardrums or ossicles are damaged by disease or injury is called

Brain cells that analyze incoming sensory information into lines, angles, shading, and movement are called

When you were in seventh grade, you had to get glasses because you could not see the board at school. Your vision problem is called

Myopia is the condition of the eyes in which the person cannot

In the auditory system, the first anatomical structure to respond to the sound wave is/are the

The ringing sensation following exposure to loud sounds is called

Sense organs in the joints and muscles contribute to our __________ sense.

The __________ theory explains how sounds up to 4000 hertz reach the brain.

The electromagnetic spectrum includes visible light, infrared and ultraviolet light, radio waves, and

Olfaction is another name for the sense of

The vestibular sense helps keep us from

Skin mapping indicates that

Taste buds are mainly located

The cones of the retina