Module 18 Quiz

Which perceptual process explains why you can see varied aspects of your favorite singer's face and instantly recognize him or her?

• Selective attention

• Accommodation

• Parallel processing

• Blindsight

• Psychokinesis

What do we call the specialized neurons in the occipital lobe's visual cortex that respond to particular edges, lines, angles, and movements?

• Cones

• Rods

• Feature detectors

• Ganglion cells

• Bipolar cells

Which of the following structures helps you most in detecting the color of your friend's shirt?

• Fovea

• Cornea

• Rods

• Lens

• Cones

Your best friend decides to paint her room an extremely bright electric blue. Which of the following best describes the physical properties of the color's light waves?

• Long wavelength; large amplitude

• Short wavelength; large amplitude

• No wavelength; large amplitude

• No wavelength; small amplitude

• Short wavelength; small amplitude

If you scratch your eye, which structure are you most likely to damage?

• Pupil

• Iris

• Cornea

• Lens

• Fovea

Yasser is colorblind and is unable to see colors the same way as his wife. Describe which theory of color vision best explains this deficiency and explain which theory of color vision nest explains why he might see an afterimage.