Midterm 3!

Question 1

Light

Answer 1

Electromagnetic radiation

Question 2

Varies in amplitude

Answer 2

Perception of brightness

Question 3

Varies in wavelength

Answer 3

Perception of colour

Question 4

Purity

Answer 4

Mixture ot wavelength in the light

Question 5

Saturation

Answer 5

Richness ot colours, amount ot white in a colour

Question 6

Receptive fields

Answer 6

Retinal area that affects firing of cell

Question 7

Huge and Wiesel

Answer 7

1simple→width and orientation of lines when in right position

2complex→ width, orientation, in any position

Question 8

Dorsal pathway (parieta)

Answer 8

“Where’ an object is and “howl to use it

Question 9

Trichromatic theory

Answer 9

3receptors→photopigmentssensitive to longs medium or short wavelengths. Different levels of neural activation translated into dicterent colours

Question 10

Opponent process theory (Hering)

Answer 10

3 pairs of antagonistic colours. Red/green blue/yellow black/white

Question 11

Trichromatic theory applies at what level?

Answer 11

Retinal level

Question 12

Opponent process theory applies where?

Answer 12

Retina (ganglion cells), LGN, and visual cortex

Question 13

Perceptual set

Answer 13

Readiness to perceivein a particular way

Question 14

Inattentional blindness

Answer 14

Failure to see visible objects or eventsbecause attention is focused elsewhere

Question 15

Feature analysis

Answer 15

Process of defecting specific elements in visual

Input and assemble into more complex form

Question 16

Gestalt theory

Answer 16

Whole can be greater then thesum of its parts

Question 17

Distal

Answer 17

Stimuli outside the body

Question 18

Proximal

Answer 18

Stimulus energies impinging on sensory receptors

Question 19

Binocular cues

Answer 19

Cues from both eyes

Question 20

Retinal disparity

Answer 20

Dlitterence bet ween the 2 mages projected on each retina

Question 21

Convergence

Answer 21

Eyes turn toward each other to focus on near objects

Question 22

Monocular cues

Answer 22

Motion parallax, accommodation,pectoral cues

Question 23

Perceptual constancies

Answer 23

Stable perceptions amid changing stimuli

Question 24

Optical illusion

Answer 24

Inexplicable discrepancy between appearanceand reality

Question 25

Amplitude of sound

Answer 25

Loudness

Question 26

Frequency sound

Answer 26

Pitch

Question 27

Purity of sound

Answer 27

Timbre

Question 28

Auditory localization

Answer 28

1. Timing of sounds arriving at each year

2. Intensity lloudness)

Question 29

Gestation

Answer 29

Taste buds→ neural impulse→thalamus→cortex

Question 30

Olfaction

Answer 30

Olfactory cilia→neural impulse→ olfactorynerves→olfactory bulb

Question 31

Touch

Answer 31

Sensory receptors→the spinal columns→brainstem→thalamus→somatosensory cortex

Question 32

Kinethesis

Answer 32

Knowing the position of thevarious parts of the body, receptors in joints/muscles,vestibular_ equilibrium balance