Ch. 6 Vision Quiz

After staring at an image for a long period of time and then having the image removed- leaving a blank background- an AFTERIMAGE will appear, but the colors will be turned into their corresponding *opposing* colors. This event is explained by [______].

• Trichromatic Theory

• Color Theory

• Opponent Processing Theory

• Visual Processing Theory

PARALLEL PROCESSING (in relation to vision) is how our brain processes the many aspects of [______] simultaneously.

• Visual Information

• Stimuli

• Problems

• All of The Above

The RETINA is composed of two types of visual receptors.

[______] see in only black and white, while [______] see in color.

Note: type answer in the format: "__/__"

The BLIND SPOT is the point where the [______] leaves the eye- where there are no receptor cells.

LIGHT WAVES are the waves of electromagnetic energy which we perceive as hues/colors.

[______] is the distance from the peak of one light wave to the peak of the next, which determines what hues we see.

[______] is the height of the light waves which determines the intensity(+/- energy) the light wave contains. This influences a hue's brightness.

• Amplitude/

  Wavelength

• Length/

  Intensity

• Wavelength/

  Amplitude

• Intensity/

  Length

ACCOMMODATION is the process by which the eye's [______] changes shape to help focus near or far objects on the retina.

[______] is created through the parallel processing of FEATURE DETECTOR neurons in the visual cortex.

COLOR CONSTANCY is the tendency to [______] a [______]- ex. a familiar object- as having the same color, even though it's under different conditions of illumination.

• See/

  Visual Information

• Perception/

  Senses

• Interpret/

  Stimuli

• Perceive/

  Sensation

CONES are clustered near the central point in the retina, the [______], while RODS are not.