<p>Worksheet for Sensation and Perception #2 Name______Per ___</p><p>Read pages 157-177 and 183-201 in the text and answer the following questions.</p><p>1. Define sensation.</p><p>2. Top- down interpretation relies on two things – name them.</p><p>3. Absolute threshold is important to sensation because it is______</p><p>______</p><p>4. The fact that you can have the TV or music on while you do homework is an example of the </p><p> brain’s successful use of______.</p><p>5. The brain receives information from the environment through our ______.</p><p>Name all 5 of them below</p><p>6. Why are receptor cells important to sensation?</p><p>7. What are the functions of the cones and rods of the eye?</p><p>8. What is another name for our sense of smell?</p><p>9. List the 4 taste receptors.</p><p>10. Define perception.</p><p>11. What did Gestalt psychologists emphasize?</p><p>12. Gestalt psychologists believe that we don’t focus on individual stimuli in our environment, but </p><p> instead we______.</p><p>13. What technique does our brain use to make sense of objects and their surroundings?</p><p>14. List 4 grouping techniques our brain uses to organize incoming stimuli. 15. ______protects us from falls. Name the experiment that proves </p><p> it’s not an inborn skill.</p><p>16. What cues do people with only one eye use to create depth perception?</p><p>17. List the 3 examples of Perceptual constancy in your text.</p><p>18. When we have a mental disposition to perceive something one way or another, we call this</p><p>______.</p><p>19. Subliminal messages are usually caused by ______.</p><p>20. Perceptual set is usually guided by ______, ______or mental </p><p> frameworks that help us organize the world.</p><p>21. What is context?</p><p>22. Why do psychologists study illusions?</p><p>23. What is ESP?</p><p>24. List the 3 specific areas of ESP and their definition.</p><p>A.</p><p>B.</p><p>C.</p>