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What aspect of perception is affected by the wavelength of light?
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saturation
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light purity
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brightness
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colour
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What affects our perception of the brightness of a colour?
Frage 3
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Jose is wearing a blue shirt, and Evan is wearing a red shirt. What is the difference between the two shirts, in
terms of light waves?
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Jose’s reflects higher amplitude light waves than Evan’s.
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Jose’s reflects shorter light waves than Evan’s.
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Jose’s reflects longer light waves than Evan’s.
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Jose’s reflects lower amplitude light waves than Evan’s.
Frage 4
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What aspect of visual perception is responsive to differences in the amplitude of light waves?
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colour
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purity
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saturation
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brightness
Frage 5
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What aspect of visual perception will change if you change the purity of the light waves?
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saturation
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colour constancies
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hue
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brightness
Frage 6
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If your lens is very round, which of the following will you see best?
Frage 7
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As people age, the lens of the eye loses its ability to accommodate, and it tends to remain flat instead of
becoming fat and round. What does this suggest about the effects of aging on vision?
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We become less likely to detect differences in light purity.
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We become more likely to detect differences in brightness and hue.
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We lose the ability to focus on objects that are close.
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We lose the ability to focus on objects in the distance.
Frage 8
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What is the structure that controls the size of the pupil?
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lens
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vitreous humour
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cornea
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iris
Frage 9
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What changes in size, in order to regulate the amount of light that enters the eye?
Frage 10
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What happens to the pupil of the eye in bright sunlight?
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It constricts.
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It flattens.
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It dilates.
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It closes.
Frage 11
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Isaiah is having his eyes checked. The doctor has put drops in Isaiah’s eyes that will cause the pupils to open
wide. What will happen to Isaiah’s vision as the drops begin to work?
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His vision will start to become quite blurry.
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He will lose some of his colour vision.
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His vision will become extremely sharp and clear.
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Colours will appear to be “super” saturated.
Frage 12
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What happens to the pupil of the eye in dim light?
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It is dilated, producing a sharper image.
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It is dilated, producing an image that is not as sharp.
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It is constricted, producing an image that is not as sharp.
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It is constricted, producing a sharper image.
Frage 13
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Which of the following processes compensates for sensory adaptation?
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transduction
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saccades
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dilation
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lens accommodation
Frage 14
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Where is the optic disk?
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where the visual fields from both eyes merge
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where the optic nerve exits the retina
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immediately in front of the lens
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where most of the rod and cones are located
Frage 15
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What is the blind spot in the eye?
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where the optic nerve exits the back of the eye
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the point at which ganglion cells synapse with bipolar cells
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the area where only cones are present
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where photoreceptor cells do not “bleach”
Frage 16
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Petra has vision problems because of a syndrome that causes her cones to be faulty. Her rods function normally.
Which of the following aspects of Petra’s vision is likely to be deficient?
Frage 17
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Imagine that biologists have discovered an animal that has eyes very similar to human eyes, but that the only
receptor cells in the retina are rods; there are no cones. What would you expect about this animal’s vision, based
on what is known about human vision?
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It would be able to detect extremely fine details.
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It would have poor peripheral vision.
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It would have poor vision in low illumination.
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It would have no colour vision.
Frage 18
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Imagine that biologists have discovered an animal that has eyes very similar to human eyes, but that the only
receptor cells in the retina are cones; there are no rods. What would you expect about this animal’s vision, based
on what is known about human vision?
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It would have poor peripheral vision.
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It would have poor visual acuity.
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It would have excellent vision in dim light.
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It could not see in colour.
Frage 19
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Devin has contracted a very rare eye disease that has caused damage to his rods, but for the most part, his cones
have not been affected. Which of the following aspects of Devin’s vision is likely to be deficient?
Frage 20
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Which of the following techniques would allow you to maximize visual acuity at night?
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Close one eye.
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Blink your eyes several times to hasten dark adaptation.
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Look slightly above or below the object you wish to see.
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Look directly at the object you wish to see.
Frage 21
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Fifteen minutes after Zigfried left the brightly lit hallway and entered the dark passageway, what would you
expect about his dark adaptation?
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It is still taking place in both his rods and his cones.
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It is complete in his rods, but still taking place in his cones.
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It is complete in both his rods and cones.
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It is complete in his cones, but still taking place in his rods.
Frage 22
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What does the receptive field of a visual cell refer to?
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the portion of visual cortex that receives information from that cell
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a cell’s degree of sensitivity or receptivity
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a range of wavelengths of light the cell reacts to
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an area of rods and cones that cause the visual cell to fire
Frage 23
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When light hits the centre-surround of a receptive field, which of the following will be stimulated?
Frage 24
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When light hits the centre of a receptive field, but does not hit the centre-surround, which of the following is most
likely to occur?
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The associated visual cell will fire.
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The associated visual cell will be inhibited.
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The nearby visual cells will be stimulated.
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The optic nerve will be inhibited.
Frage 25
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When light hits the centre-surround of a receptive field, but does not hit the centre, which of the following is most
likely to occur?
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The associated visual cell will fire.
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The associated visual cell will be inhibited.
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The nearby visual cells will be inhibited.
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The optic nerve will fire.
Frage 26
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What is the optic chiasm?
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the portion of the lateral geniculate nucleus that is responsible for coordination of sensory input
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the point at which the optic nerves cross over one another before projecting to the occipital lobe
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the portion of the visual cortex responsible for feature detection
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the gap between the right occipital lobe and the left occipital lobe
Frage 27
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If the pathway through your superior colliculus were not functioning correctly, what would be difficult for you to
do?
Frage 28
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In which of the following lobes would you find the primary visual cortex?
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frontal
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occipital
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temporal
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parietal
Frage 29
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Through which of the following brain areas do visual signals travel just before reaching primary visual cortex?
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frontal lobes
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optic disc
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thalamus
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superior colliculus
Frage 30
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Which of the following depicts an accurate pathway for neural signals leaving the retina?
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optic chiasm, optic nerve, occipital lobe, lateral geniculate nucleus
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optic nerve, optic chiasm, thalamus, primary visual cortex
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optic nerve, lateral geniculate nucleus, optic chiasm, occipital lobe
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optic chiasm, medial geniculate nucleus, primary visual cortex, thalamus
Frage 31
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What are the cells in the visual cortex that respond selectively to specific details of complex stimuli?
Frage 32
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What are the cells in the visual cortex that respond to a line of the correct width, oriented at the correct angle,
and located in the correct position in its receptive field?
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ganglion cells
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binary cells
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complex cells
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simple cells
Frage 33
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What do complex cells in the visual cortex respond to?
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specific widths and orientation of lines anywhere in their receptive field
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different colours in a specific spectrum
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figure-ground disparity in the visual field
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discrepancies between the centre and centre-surround in a receptive field
Frage 34
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A microelectrode is recording the activity from a single cell in the visual cortex of a cat. The cell begins to fire
rapidly when a line is presented at a 45-degree angle directly in front of the cat, but stops firing when the line is
shifted to a position that is off to the left. What type of cell is likely being monitored in this case?
Frage 35
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A microelectrode is recording the activity from a single cell in the visual cortex of a cat. The cell begins to fire
rapidly when a vertical line sweeps across the visual field to the left, but stops firing when the same line sweeps
back across the visual field to the right. What type of cell is likely being monitored in this case?
Frage 36
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After visual input has been processed in the primary visual cortex, signals are processed further along a number
of pathways. Which of the following types of visual information would be processed in the temporal lobe, along
the ventral stream?
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movement
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brightness and contours
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faces
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complexity and contrast
Frage 37
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After visual input has been processed in the primary visual cortex, signals are processed further along a number
of pathways. Where is information about object recognition processed?
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temporal lobes
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occipital lobes
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frontal lobes
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parietal lobes
Frage 38
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Where does the ventral stream project to after leaving the primary visual cortex?
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basal forebrain
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cerebellum
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temporal lobes
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parietal lobes
Frage 39
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Charley has visual agnosia and is unable to recognize common, everyday objects. Damage to which component
of the visual system does this condition most likely result from?
Frage 40
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Which of the following would you be unable to recognize if you had a condition known as prosopagnosia?
Frage 41
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In which of the following lobes would you find that brain damage leads to visual agnosia?
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frontal
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occipital
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temporal
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parietal
Frage 42
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You see a delicious-looking doughnut sitting on the counter in front of you, and you guide your hand toward the
doughnut and pop it into your mouth. What do we call the second visual process for guiding your hand?
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Hubel vision
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conscious vision
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subcortical vision
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vision for action
Frage 43
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In the case study of “DF,” a woman experienced brain damage as a result of carbonmonoxide
poisoning and lost the ability to recognize the forms of objects. What type of deficit did “DF” have?
Frage 44
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Which of the following activities would be difficult for you to do if you sustained damage to your dorsal stream?
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say the name of an item that you see
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choose colours that match
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recognize your best friend
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reach out to pick up a cup
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Deanne can see and recognize objects, but she seems to be unable to reach out and grasp them appropriately.
She often knocks over cups and drops pencils because she doesn’t orient her hand to grip them. If this problem
is related to brain damage to the perceptual system, which of the following areas is most likely to be damaged?
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ventral stream
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dorsal stream
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primary visual cortex
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superior colliculus
Frage 46
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While finger painting, Imran mixed yellow paint and blue paint and ended up with green. Which mixing method
did Imran use?
Frage 47
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If you were to shine lights of different colours onto a surface, so that the lights overlap, what type of colour
mixing are you using?
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subtractive
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opponent processes
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additive
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saturation
Frage 48
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If you project a red, a green, and a blue light into space, what colour will be perceived at the point where the
three lights cross?
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grey
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ultraviolet
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black
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white
Frage 49
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If you mix red, green, and blue paint, what colour will you get?
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orange
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white
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purple
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black
Frage 50
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At the musical he attended over the weekend, Andrew noticed that whenever the red and green spotlights
overlapped, they seemed to change to a yellow spotlight. Which principle explains this perception?
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complex feature detection
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subtractive colour mixing
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additive colour mixing
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opponent processing of colours
Frage 51
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Television sets are able to re-create the entire visible spectrum by mixing three primary colours of light. Which
theory of human colour vision is similar to this mechanism?
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opponent process
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saturation
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trichromatic
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complementary colour
Frage 52
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What differs in the visual perception of a human dichromat and a human trichromat?
Frage 53
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Hering’s opponent process theory suggests that receptors are linked antagonistically in pairs. What are his
opposed pairs?
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red-yellow; blue-green; black-white
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yellow-green; red-blue; black-white
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red-green; yellow-blue; black-white
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red-black; yellow-white; green-blue
Frage 54
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Eli has been wearing green welding goggles for the past 30 minutes. Based on the opponent process theory of
colour vision, what colour will white objects appear to be for a brief time after Eli takes off the green goggles?
Frage 55
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According to one theory of colour vision, colours are signalled in pairs by neurons that fire faster to one colour
and slower to another colour. What is this theory called?
Frage 56
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Denise was momentarily blinded when paparazzi snapped her picture using a blue flash. Following the flash, she
saw spots for several minutes. What colour were the spots, based on the opponent process theory of colour
vision?
Frage 57
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After having your picture taken with a yellow flash, you momentarily see blue spots floating before your eyes.
Which process best explains this phenomenon?
Frage 58
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Which theory of colour vision is supported by the action of the lateral geniculate nucleus?
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Helmholtz’
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trichromatic
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opponent process
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Weber’s
Frage 59
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Which of the following is the best description of the current view of how colour is coded in the visual system?
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It starts as an opponent process and then switches to a trichromatic process.
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It starts with rods and then switches to cones.
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It begins with cones and then switches to rods.
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It begins with a trichromatic process and then switches to an opponent process.
Frage 60
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Three groups of students completed the same test, but each group’s tests had a different coloured cover. Based
on research results by Andrew Elliot and his colleagues, which group should have the lowest average score on
the test?
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the group with black tests
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the group with red tests
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the group with green tests
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the group with white tests