Senses

Question 1

Illuminance

Answer 1

Amount of light to reach an object

Question 2

Luminance

Answer 2

Amount of light reflected by an object

Question 3

Reflectance Ratio

Answer 3

Luminance / Illuminance

Question 4

Processing - Making sense of stimuli (Bottom Up)

Answer 4

• Analyzing what you can see to determine what is there
• Disruption results from problems with sensory mechanisms (low light)

Question 5

Processing - Making sense of the incomplete (Top Down)

Answer 5

• Filling in the blanks when presented with incomplete information
• Using prior knowledge and expectations, the brain makes assumptions about what it is

Question 6

Depth Cues when close to objects - Accommodation

Answer 6

When an out of focus image triggers a change in lens shape to accommodate

Question 7

Depth Cues when close to objects - Convergence

Answer 7

Amount of inward rotation (cross-eyedness) that muscles in the eyeball must accomplish

Question 8

Depth Cues when close to objects - Binocular Disparity

Answer 8

• Also called steropsis
• Depth cue resulting from the closeness of an object causing the view to be different from each eyeball
• Brain uses disparity signal to estimate how far away the object is

Question 9

Echoic Memory

Answer 9

Human information processing system designed to prolong the duration of the spoken word fro a few seconds