Question

14.2 14.5 A bin contains 100 scratch-and-sniff patches, each with a different familiar odor (e.g., banana, gasoline, leather, rose, etc.). If 10 people all smelled the same randomly selected patch, without any hint as to what odor it might contain, would you expect most of them to identify the odor correctly? Would you expect their odor identifications to be fairly consistent with each other, even if not correct? If they were shown a list of the 100 possible odors while making their identification decision, would you expect their identification performances to improve and/or to be more consistent? Explain your answers. 1 . ro no better than the 14 2 1

Answer 1

No, without any hint on as to what odor it might contain, the proper identification will be difficult. Yes, the odor identifications will be fairly consistent with each other but chances are that most of the answers will be wrong. Yes, If the list of Odor present is shown to each individual, then their answers will improve and will be consistent. There are many studies conducted on this topic and it has bee found that Visual labels/identification are potent manipulators for olfactory perception, and verbal descriptors used in a cued olfactory identification test will definitely influence the testing results. The Odor identification/Olfactory function involves both sensation and cognition. For accurate recognition, and finding an appropriate verbal label in semantic memory, the cognitive performance of the subject is important.

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