ch. 1-5

Question 1

Gestalt theory

Answer 1

principle of good continuation

Question 2

nanometer

Answer 2

wavelenght measurment for light- 10^-9 nanometers

Question 3

opened the first experimental lab in the US

Answer 3

William James

Question 4

opened the first experimental lab in the world

Answer 4

Willham Whundt

Question 5

Apparant motion

Answer 5

Beartimer

Question 6

which cortical stream is responsible for the “where” pathway

Answer 6

Dorsal pathway in the parietal lobe

Question 7

which stream is responsible for that “what” pathway

Answer 7

Ventral pathway in the temporal lobe

Question 8

action potential

Answer 8

axon conducts electricity

Question 9

range of vision

Answer 9

electromagnitic stream: 400-700 nan

Question 10

rangesof color

Answer 10

400= violet/blue. 700=red. less than 400= ultraviolet. greater than 700= infrared

Question 11

weber’s law

Answer 11

DL/S=K. 1-8%

Question 12

transuction occurs at

Answer 12

receptor cells

Question 13

na and sodium in an axon

Answer 13

na outside, po inside; switch places during action potential.

Question 14

within the retina are responsible for gathering

Answer 14

ganglion cells

Question 15

receptor cells form the

Answer 15

optic nerve which is the blind spot

Question 16

temporal

Answer 16

ipsolateral

Question 17

nasal

Answer 17

contralateral

Question 18

optic chiasm

Answer 18

LGN (thalamus) v1, striate cortex

Question 19

superior colliqulus

Answer 19

involuntary, automatic looking

Question 20

simple cortical cells

Answer 20

respond to bars of light in

Question 21

complex cortical cells

Answer 21

respond to motion in specific