This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 5 Sensory, Attentional And Perceptual Processes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 5 Sensory, Attentional And Perceptual Processes Quiz 2 (40 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While writing an answer water smears on Pallavi's paper. The teacher however, is able to make sense of the word by reading the whole sentence. Which processing approach has the teacher used here? A) Top down approach. B) Bottom down approach. C) Bottom-up approach. D) Top up approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Top down approach. 2. How does your body prevent your temperature from rising excessively? A) By drinking water which lowers body temperature when it is absorbed in the body cells. B) By shivering which acts as an air conditioner in the body. C) By having "goosebumps" that make the hair stand up trapping air that cools the body. D) By sweating which lowers body temperature when it evaporates, which draws heat energy away from the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By sweating which lowers body temperature when it evaporates, which draws heat energy away from the body. 3. What is the role of the kinesthetic system? A) To process visual information. B) To provide information about body position and movement. C) To sense temperature. D) To detect sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide information about body position and movement. 4. What part of the nervous system is responsible for our body's quick reflexes? A) Cerebrum. B) Spinal cord. C) Motor neurons. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord. 5. What is the process of focusing on a limited number of stimuli from a larger group called? A) Divided Attention. B) Sustained Attention. C) Selective Attention. D) Focused Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Selective Attention. 6. If you rub a piece of sand that blows into your eye, you are likely to scratch your ..... A) Cornea. B) Thymus. C) Retina. D) Iris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cornea. 7. Part of tan axon that contains a nucleus A) Neuron. B) Cell Body. C) Dendrite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell Body. 8. It brings the formed images on the retina to the brain. A) Olfactory nerve. B) Auditory nerve. C) Optic nerve. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optic nerve. 9. A neuron with a smaller axon diameter will transmit information faster A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Part of the PNS that controls cardiac, smooth muscles and glands A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Sensory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic. 11. What are your sensory organs? A) Sight, hearing, smelling, touching, tasting. B) Eyes, ears, heart, lungs, mouth. C) Eyes, ears, nose, skin, tongue. D) Eyes, hearing, smelling, tongue, skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eyes, ears, nose, skin, tongue. 12. What organ is related to the sense of SIGHT? A) TONGUE. B) EARS. C) EYES. D) NOSE. E) SKIN. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EYES. 13. Which of the following is NOT one of the five external sense organs? A) Ears. B) Eyes. C) Nose. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brain. 14. What does the term 'difference threshold' refer to? A) The average response to a stimulus. B) The maximum amount of stimulus that can be perceived. C) The threshold for sensory overload. D) The minimum amount of change in a stimulus to notice a difference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The minimum amount of change in a stimulus to notice a difference. 15. What biotechnology allows a researcher to make thousands of copies of a DNA strand? A) Cloning. B) PCR. C) Gene therapy. D) Gel electrophoresis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PCR. 16. Insulating axon fibers which increase rate of neural impulse transmisison A) Dendrites. B) Cell Body. C) Myelin Sheath. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myelin Sheath. 17. A simple rapid involuntary program response to a stimuli is a A) Stimuli Response. B) Reflex. C) Neural Arc Response. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reflex. 18. This fluid-filled organ of the inner ear changes sound waves into electrical impulses that our brain can "hear." A) Ear bones. B) Eardrum. C) Ear canal. D) Cochlea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cochlea. 19. ..... refers to the cognitive factor of selective attention. A) Social need. B) Preparatory set. C) Intensity of the stimuli. D) Biological need. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preparatory set. 20. Which of the following best describes the concept of perceptual set? A) The process of filtering out irrelevant information. B) The tendency to perceive stimuli in a certain way based on expectations. C) The threshold at which a stimulus becomes noticeable. D) The ability to process multiple stimuli simultaneously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tendency to perceive stimuli in a certain way based on expectations. 21. What is the first place in the ear where sound vibrations traveling in air are transferred? A) The ear liquid. B) The ear bones. C) The eardrum. D) The ear hairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The eardrum. 22. The part of the nervous system that consists of nerves that branch out from the CNS (central nervous system) and connect to other body parts A) Autonomic. B) Peripheral. C) Sympathetic. D) Parasympathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peripheral. 23. Which sense detects pressure and heat A) Taste. B) Hearing. C) Sight. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Touch. 24. The term molecular scissors refers to A) Palindromic nucleotide sequences. B) Recombinant DNA. C) Restriction enzymes. D) Taq polymerase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restriction enzymes. 25. Something that causes a response A) Stimulus. B) Homeostasis. C) Neuron. D) Reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulus. 26. The number of objects one can attend to at a brief exposure (i.e. a fraction of a second) is called ..... A) Perception. B) Preparatory set. C) Span of attention. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Span of attention. 27. Part of the PNS that controls skeletal muscles A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. C) Sensory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 28. Which structure in the eye provides information to the brain about colour? A) Cones. B) Rods. C) Retina. D) Lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cones. 29. The heart beating faster during exercise is an example of which portion of the PNS A) Somatic. B) Sensory. C) Autonomic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autonomic. 30. Another name for Efferent Nerves A) Motor Nerve. B) Sensory Nerve. C) Functional Nerve. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor Nerve. 31. Which type of attention allows us to focus on multiple tasks at once? A) Sustained Attention. B) Divided Attention. C) Focused Attention. D) Selective Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divided Attention. 32. If one object blocks another, the one being blocked is further away. This cue is called ..... A) Perceptual constancy. B) Binocular fusion. C) Interposition. D) Relative size. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interposition. 33. Which system is responsible for the overall control of all the internal processes that occur in the body? A) Muscular system. B) Skeletal system. C) Nervous system. D) Digestive system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous system. 34. What are the 5 senses? A) Sight, smell, touch, hear, taste. B) Sight, smell, shampoo. C) Hear, touch, smell, taste. D) Eating mac and cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sight, smell, touch, hear, taste. 35. What do sensory organs do? A) Regulate our heart rate. B) They take in information we need about our environment. C) Conduction of impulses from the spinal cord. D) Understand the impulses from motor neurons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They take in information we need about our environment. 36. Which of the following describes the phenomenon where a stimulus is perceived differently based on prior experiences? A) Difference Threshold. B) Perceptual Set. C) Absolute Threshold. D) Selective Attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perceptual Set. 37. Which of the following factors is considered an external factor affecting selective attention? A) Size of Stimuli. B) Motivation. C) Cognitive Load. D) Interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Size of Stimuli. 38. The part of the brain that controls balance, coordination, and unconscious muscle activities. A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Brain. D) Spinal Cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum. 39. This part of the nervous system regulates involuntary actions such as heart function, blood pressure, breathing, digestion. A) Autonomic Nervous System. B) Motor Nervous System. C) Sensory Nervous System. D) Peripheral Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autonomic Nervous System. 40. Branches of a neuron that collect stimuli A) Myelin sheath. B) Dendrites. C) Cell Body. D) None of the above. 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