FOPAC EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS!!
What is perception? - CORRECT ANSWER-Our awareness of our environment and stimulus. And
how we perceive them
What are sensations - CORRECT ANSWER-Unconscious experiences generated by stimulation of a
sense eg: camera flash in eye
Other things to know about sensations - CORRECT ANSWER-Sensation does not equal
perception!Sensory information is processed by our brains to give us perception. It is the
information sent to our Brain by our senses
What is the order of processing - CORRECT ANSWER-Stimuli(vision) -> operation of senses
(recognising light through optic nerve)-> sensory processing -> perception(becoming aware) ->
organisms response
What is the relevance to psychology of perception ? - CORRECT ANSWER-Perception is the
foundation for everything else: memory , learning, motor skills, emotion, motivation, social
psychology and pathology
Why do we need perception? - CORRECT ANSWER-All living creatures require the ability to sense
various forms of energy in the environment. Without such ability creatures cannot respond to
significant objects and events
What are the types of senses? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Vision
2. Auditory (hearing)
3. Olfactory ( smell)
4. Tactile (touch)
,5. Gustatory (taste)
6. Balance
Visual memory diagram ? - CORRECT ANSWER-Stimuli -> vision -> (passive attention. Moving eye
to ball ) -> sensory memory (1-3 seconds. Having flash in eye and it staying there) -> working
memory (20-30 seconds. Active attention) -> (encoding) -> long- term memory (1 second-
lifetime) -> retrieval
Two different worlds? And an example - CORRECT ANSWER-Physical world- all stimuli exist.
Sensory input. Smells, hearing voices ect.
Perceptual world- our brains interpretation of that input
Example- black/blue and gold/white dress meme
What is the classification of senses and the receptors? - CORRECT ANSWER-Vision -
Photoreceptors
Hearing - Mechanoreceptors
Touch - Mechanoreceptors + Thermoreceptors
Taste/Smell - Chemoreceptors
Balance - Mechanoreceptors + vestibular organs
What are photoreceptors - CORRECT ANSWER-A specialised nerve cell that produced electrical
signal when struck by light
Where is our primary visual cortex ? - CORRECT ANSWER-In our occipital lobe. Bottom
, Marr's Model of vision - CORRECT ANSWER-Marr's ideas were the beginning of computational
neuroscience
Stages that visual processing passes through stages:
- Primal sketch
- 2.5D (2D with illusion of depth) sketch
- 3D sketch
Classification of hearing - CORRECT ANSWER-Hearing -> air pressure waves -> mechanoreceptors
-> ears -> auditory cortex
What are mechanoreceptors? - CORRECT ANSWER-A specialised nerve cell that produced
electrical signal when subjected to mechanical deformation.
- Perceived through skin, muscle and vestibular organs stimulated through tissues, distortion,
gravity and acceleration
What is touch blindness? - CORRECT ANSWER-- Inability to feel touch, can sometimes inhibit pain
feeling
- Touch and pain receptors reduce in accuracy as we age
Where is our auditory cortex? - CORRECT ANSWER-Temporal lobe. Middle bottom
Classification of touch - CORRECT ANSWER-Touch -> tissue distortion -> mechanoreceptors
themoreceotors -> skin muscles -> somatosensory cortex
Where is our somotosensory cortex ? - CORRECT ANSWER-Small part in the middle
What is perception? - CORRECT ANSWER-Our awareness of our environment and stimulus. And
how we perceive them
What are sensations - CORRECT ANSWER-Unconscious experiences generated by stimulation of a
sense eg: camera flash in eye
Other things to know about sensations - CORRECT ANSWER-Sensation does not equal
perception!Sensory information is processed by our brains to give us perception. It is the
information sent to our Brain by our senses
What is the order of processing - CORRECT ANSWER-Stimuli(vision) -> operation of senses
(recognising light through optic nerve)-> sensory processing -> perception(becoming aware) ->
organisms response
What is the relevance to psychology of perception ? - CORRECT ANSWER-Perception is the
foundation for everything else: memory , learning, motor skills, emotion, motivation, social
psychology and pathology
Why do we need perception? - CORRECT ANSWER-All living creatures require the ability to sense
various forms of energy in the environment. Without such ability creatures cannot respond to
significant objects and events
What are the types of senses? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Vision
2. Auditory (hearing)
3. Olfactory ( smell)
4. Tactile (touch)
,5. Gustatory (taste)
6. Balance
Visual memory diagram ? - CORRECT ANSWER-Stimuli -> vision -> (passive attention. Moving eye
to ball ) -> sensory memory (1-3 seconds. Having flash in eye and it staying there) -> working
memory (20-30 seconds. Active attention) -> (encoding) -> long- term memory (1 second-
lifetime) -> retrieval
Two different worlds? And an example - CORRECT ANSWER-Physical world- all stimuli exist.
Sensory input. Smells, hearing voices ect.
Perceptual world- our brains interpretation of that input
Example- black/blue and gold/white dress meme
What is the classification of senses and the receptors? - CORRECT ANSWER-Vision -
Photoreceptors
Hearing - Mechanoreceptors
Touch - Mechanoreceptors + Thermoreceptors
Taste/Smell - Chemoreceptors
Balance - Mechanoreceptors + vestibular organs
What are photoreceptors - CORRECT ANSWER-A specialised nerve cell that produced electrical
signal when struck by light
Where is our primary visual cortex ? - CORRECT ANSWER-In our occipital lobe. Bottom
, Marr's Model of vision - CORRECT ANSWER-Marr's ideas were the beginning of computational
neuroscience
Stages that visual processing passes through stages:
- Primal sketch
- 2.5D (2D with illusion of depth) sketch
- 3D sketch
Classification of hearing - CORRECT ANSWER-Hearing -> air pressure waves -> mechanoreceptors
-> ears -> auditory cortex
What are mechanoreceptors? - CORRECT ANSWER-A specialised nerve cell that produced
electrical signal when subjected to mechanical deformation.
- Perceived through skin, muscle and vestibular organs stimulated through tissues, distortion,
gravity and acceleration
What is touch blindness? - CORRECT ANSWER-- Inability to feel touch, can sometimes inhibit pain
feeling
- Touch and pain receptors reduce in accuracy as we age
Where is our auditory cortex? - CORRECT ANSWER-Temporal lobe. Middle bottom
Classification of touch - CORRECT ANSWER-Touch -> tissue distortion -> mechanoreceptors
themoreceotors -> skin muscles -> somatosensory cortex
Where is our somotosensory cortex ? - CORRECT ANSWER-Small part in the middle
