The Beginning Of The Perceptual Process

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Introduction to Perception
The Beginning of the Perceptual Process
Neural Processing
Cortical Organization
Perceiving Objects and Scenes
Visual Attention
Taking Action
Perceiving Motion
Perceiving Color
Perceiving Depth and Size
Hearing I: Basic Processes and Pitch Perception
Hearing II: Location and Organization
Speech Perception
The Cutaneous Senses
The Chemical Senses

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Question 41

Multiple Choice

Rods and cones synapse with _ cells, which then synapse with cells.

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ganglion; bipolar

bipolar; ganglion

amacrine; unipolar

amacrine; bipolar

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Question 42

Multiple Choice

Converging circuits with excitation and inhibition are associated most closely with which step of the perceptual process

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recognition

attention

neural processing

the environmental stimulus

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Question 43

Multiple Choice

If we compare how the rods and cones converge onto other retinal neurons, we find that _____ .

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foveal cones converge more than the peripheral rods

rods and cones converge equally

rods converge more than foveal cones

horizontal cells converge onto the peripheral cones

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Question 44

Multiple Choice

Convergence results in _ sensitivity and _ acuity.

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increased; increased

increased; decreased

decreased; decreased

decreased; increased

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Question 45

Multiple Choice

Reading the eye chart in an optometrist's office is used to measure _____ .

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acuity?

sensitivity

receptive fields

creativity

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Question 46

Multiple Choice

Acuity is better in the _ than in the _ .

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periphery; fovea

optic disk; fovea

optic disk; cornea

fovea; periphery

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Question 47

Multiple Choice

The difficulty of reading under dim light conditions can be explained by _____ .

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the increased sensitivity of cones under low light conditions

the increased acuity of cones under low light conditions

the fact that rod functioning predominates during dark adaptation, resulting in poor acuity

the fact that cone functioning predominates during dark adaptation, resulting in poor acuity

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Question 48

Multiple Choice

The stimuli used in the preferential looking technique of testing infant acuity are _____ .

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geons

gratings?

greebles

graftings

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Question 49

Multiple Choice

Acuity develops to almost 20/20 vision by the time the infant is _____ .

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one month old

two months old

one year old

two years old

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Question 50

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a reason for the poor acuity of newborns

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The rods are not developed at birth.

Newborns have too much visual pigment in the cones.

A newborn's rods have very narrow inner segments.

The visual cortex of the newborn is only partially developed.

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Question 51

Essay

Name and define three kinds of focusing problems.

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Question 52

Essay

Discuss the major differences between the rods and the cones.
(b) Describe two retinal disorders that differentially affect the rods and the cones.

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Question 53

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What is the "blind spot"
(b) Discuss two reasons why we are not usually aware of the blind spot.

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Question 54

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Draw a graph (with appropriate axis labels) of the dark adaptation curve.
(b) Describe the methodology used to isolate the rod component of the curve, and the cone component.

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Question 55

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What are the basic properties of action potentials

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Question 56

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Describe the process of synaptic transmission. Include in this description the differences between excitatory and inhibitory transmitters.

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Question 57

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Using words and/or diagrams, describe circuits with (a) no convergence and (b) convergence.

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Question 58

Essay

In words and/or diagrams, discuss why convergence of the rods results in increased sensitivity, but decreased acuity.
(b) In words and/or diagrams, discuss why the lack of convergence in the foveal cones results in decreased sensitivity, but increased acuity.

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Question 59

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Describe how preferential looking and visual evoked potentials technique have been used to study infant perception.

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The Beginning Of The Perceptual Process

Rods and cones synapse with _____ cells, which then synapse with ____ cells.

Converging circuits with excitation and inhibition are associated most closely with which step of the perceptual process

If we compare how the rods and cones converge onto other retinal neurons, we find that _____ .

Convergence results in _____ sensitivity and _____ acuity.

Reading the eye chart in an optometrist's office is used to measure _____ .

Acuity is better in the _____ than in the _____ .

The difficulty of reading under dim light conditions can be explained by _____ .

The stimuli used in the preferential looking technique of testing infant acuity are _____ .

Acuity develops to almost 20/20 vision by the time the infant is _____ .

Which of the following is a reason for the poor acuity of newborns

Name and define three kinds of focusing problems.

Discuss the major differences between the rods and the cones.(b) Describe two retinal disorders that differentially affect the rods and the cones.

What is the "blind spot"(b) Discuss two reasons why we are not usually aware of the blind spot.

Draw a graph (with appropriate axis labels) of the dark adaptation curve.(b) Describe the methodology used to isolate the rod component of the curve, and the cone component.

What are the basic properties of action potentials

Describe the process of synaptic transmission. Include in this description the differences between excitatory and inhibitory transmitters.

Using words and/or diagrams, describe circuits with (a) no convergence and (b) convergence.

In words and/or diagrams, discuss why convergence of the rods results in increased sensitivity, but decreased acuity.(b) In words and/or diagrams, discuss why the lack of convergence in the foveal cones results in decreased sensitivity, but increased acuity.

Describe how preferential looking and visual evoked potentials technique have been used to study infant perception.

Rods and cones synapse with _ cells, which then synapse with cells.

Convergence results in _ sensitivity and _ acuity.

Acuity is better in the _ than in the _ .

Discuss the major differences between the rods and the cones.
(b) Describe two retinal disorders that differentially affect the rods and the cones.

What is the "blind spot"
(b) Discuss two reasons why we are not usually aware of the blind spot.

Draw a graph (with appropriate axis labels) of the dark adaptation curve.
(b) Describe the methodology used to isolate the rod component of the curve, and the cone component.

In words and/or diagrams, discuss why convergence of the rods results in increased sensitivity, but decreased acuity.
(b) In words and/or diagrams, discuss why the lack of convergence in the foveal cones results in decreased sensitivity, but increased acuity.