Psych 10 (Batch 3)

Question 1

What is the fovea?

Answer 1

The center of the retina

Question 2

What is the best way to view the stars at night?

Answer 2

Look to the side of it (so it is out of the fovea)

Question 3

What is the trichromatic color theory?

Answer 3

3 different cones each sensitive to different wavelengths of light (short, medium, long)

Question 4

What is the opponent process theory?

Answer 4

We perceive colors in terms of opposing pairs…

• red/green
• yellow/blue
• white/black

Question 5

Neurons that are ___________ respond selectively to specific features

Answer 5

Feature detectors

Question 6

The dorsal is the ____ pathway and the ventral is the ____ pathway.

Answer 6

• Dorsal = where
• Ventral = what

Question 7

What is visual agnosia?

Answer 7

inability to recognize objects

Question 8

What is prosopagnosia?

Answer 8

inability to recognize familiar faces

Question 9

What do monocular depth cues do?

Answer 9

help us perceive depth using one eye

Question 10

What is retinal disparity?

Answer 10

different retinal images each eye receives based on its different perspective

Question 11

What is convergence?

Answer 11

when a person views a nearby object, the eye muscles turn the eyes inward

Question 12

What is the function of the ventral pathway?

Answer 12

Important for face processing & object recognition

Question 13

Transduction of light happens in the _________. Transduction of sound happens in the ________.

Answer 13

• photoreceptors
• cochlea