Question 1

Which manipulation would cause the visual angle of a balloon to increase?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moving the balloon farther away 
B)  Rotating the balloon 
C)  Inflating the balloon 
D)  Deflating the balloon 
E)  Inverting the balloon 
A)  Moving the balloon farther away 
B)  Rotating the balloon 
C)  Inflating the balloon 
D)  Deflating the balloon 
E)  Inverting the balloon C

Question 2

The spatial frequency of a stimulus is measured in

Accepted Answer

A)  Snellen units. 
B)  angles per degree. 
C)  cycles per second. 
D)  degrees per second. 
E)  cycles per degree. 
A)  Snellen units. 
B)  angles per degree. 
C)  cycles per second. 
D)  degrees per second. 
E)  cycles per degree. E

Question 3

The deleterious effect of clutter on peripheral object recognition is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  clutter induced blindness. 
B)  lateral agnosia. 
C)  horizontal masking. 
D)  visual noise. 
E)  visual crowding. 
A)  clutter induced blindness. 
B)  lateral agnosia. 
C)  horizontal masking. 
D)  visual noise. 
E)  visual crowding. E

Question 4

Eye doctors specify acuity in terms like "20/20," but vision scientists prefer to talk about the smallest _______ of a cycle of a grating that one can perceive.

Accepted Answer

A)  sine wave 
B)  segment 
C)  visual angle 
D)  viewing distance 
E)  width 
A)  sine wave 
B)  segment 
C)  visual angle 
D)  viewing distance 
E)  width

Question 5

_______ is a condition in which the two eyes have different refractive errors.

Accepted Answer

A)  Astigmatism 
B)  Anisometropia 
C)  Strabismus 
D)  Amblyopia 
E)  Hyperopia 
A)  Astigmatism 
B)  Anisometropia 
C)  Strabismus 
D)  Amblyopia 
E)  Hyperopia

Question 6

Spatial frequency refers to the

Accepted Answer

A)  flicker rate of a grating. 
B)  distance between the observer and a grating. 
C)  amount of contrast in a room. 
D)  contrast threshold. 
E)  number of cycles of a grating per unit of visual angle. 
A)  flicker rate of a grating. 
B)  distance between the observer and a grating. 
C)  amount of contrast in a room. 
D)  contrast threshold. 
E)  number of cycles of a grating per unit of visual angle.

Question 7

Suppose you are looking for your friend's face in a crowd. Due to visual clutter, it will be hardest to identify her if she is standing

Accepted Answer

A)  by herself and is in your central vision. 
B)  between two people and is in your central vision. 
C)  by herself and is in your peripheral vision. 
D)  between two people and is in your peripheral vision. 
E)  between three people and is in your central vision. 
A)  by herself and is in your central vision. 
B)  between two people and is in your central vision. 
C)  by herself and is in your peripheral vision. 
D)  between two people and is in your peripheral vision. 
E)  between three people and is in your central vision.

Question 8

Refer to the figure.
  In the figure, the right LGN contains information from the

Accepted Answer

A)  left visual field. 
B)  right visual field. 
C)  right eye. 
D)  left eye. 
E)  magnocellular layer. 
A)  left visual field. 
B)  right visual field. 
C)  right eye. 
D)  left eye. 
E)  magnocellular layer.

Question 9

What is a "hypercolumn" in primary visual cortex?

Accepted Answer

A hypercolumn is a patch of visual corte

Question 10

Describe how selective adaptation works and why it is useful for studying visual perception.

Accepted Answer

Selective adaptation occurs when an obse

Question 11

________ is the phenomenon in which a striate cortex neuron responds most strongly when a bar of light fills its receptive field rather than being either smaller than the receptive field or extending beyond it.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cortical magnification 
B)  End stopping 
C)  Ocular dominance 
D)  Filtering 
E)  Orientation tuning 
A)  Cortical magnification 
B)  End stopping 
C)  Ocular dominance 
D)  Filtering 
E)  Orientation tuning

Question 12

Describe the development of contrast sensitivity in infants and how it might be affected by developmental disorders such as amblyopia, strabismus, or anisometropia.

Accepted Answer

Amblyopia is a disorder in which one eye

Question 13

Refer to the figure.
  What phenomenon does the figure demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cortical magnification 
B)  Ocular dominance 
C)  Filtering 
D)  End stopping 
E)  Orientation tuning 
A)  Cortical magnification 
B)  Ocular dominance 
C)  Filtering 
D)  End stopping 
E)  Orientation tuning

Question 14

Refer to the figure showing the responses (right) of an ON-center retinal ganglion cell to gratings of different spatial frequencies (left).
  The retinal ganglion cell depicted is most responsive to which spatial frequency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Low frequency (top) 
B)  Medium frequency (middle) 
C)  High frequency (bottom) 
D)  Both low and high frequencies (top and bottom) 
E)  All frequencies equally (top, middle, and bottom) 
A)  Low frequency (top) 
B)  Medium frequency (middle) 
C)  High frequency (bottom) 
D)  Both low and high frequencies (top and bottom) 
E)  All frequencies equally (top, middle, and bottom)

Question 15

Describe two ways that visual acuity can be measured.

Accepted Answer

Visual acuity may be measured either in

Question 16

No single neuron receives input from both eyes until the

Accepted Answer

A)  LGN. 
B)  primary visual cortex. 
C)  parietal lobe. 
D)  magnocellular layer. 
E)  parvocellular layer. 
A)  LGN. 
B)  primary visual cortex. 
C)  parietal lobe. 
D)  magnocellular layer. 
E)  parvocellular layer.

Question 17

Each retinal ganglion cell responds not only to spots of light but also to certain

Accepted Answer

A)  fields of uniform gray. 
B)  circles of uniform gray. 
C)  squares of uniform gray. 
D)  patterns of stripes. 
E)  motion directions. 
A)  fields of uniform gray. 
B)  circles of uniform gray. 
C)  squares of uniform gray. 
D)  patterns of stripes. 
E)  motion directions.

Question 18

If two objects appear near each other in the world, they will also be processed by cells near each other

Accepted Answer

A)  on the retina only. 
B)  in the LGN only. 
C)  in striate cortex only. 
D)  in the LGN and striate cortex only. 
E)  on the retina, in the LGN, and in the striate cortex. 
A)  on the retina only. 
B)  in the LGN only. 
C)  in striate cortex only. 
D)  in the LGN and striate cortex only. 
E)  on the retina, in the LGN, and in the striate cortex.

Question 19

During a foggy day, what aspect of visual acuity has been reduced?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spatial frequency 
B)  Contrast 
C)  Visual angle 
D)  Resolution 
E)  Orientation 
A)  Spatial frequency 
B)  Contrast 
C)  Visual angle 
D)  Resolution 
E)  Orientation

Question 20

_______ is a misalignment of the two eyes such that a single object in space is imaged on the fovea of one eye and on the nonfoveal area of the other (turned) eye.

Accepted Answer

A)  Astigmatism 
B)  Anisometropia 
C)  Strabismus 
D)  Amblyopia 
E)  Hyperopia 
A)  Astigmatism 
B)  Anisometropia 
C)  Strabismus 
D)  Amblyopia 
E)  Hyperopia

Which manipulation would cause the visual angle of a balloon to increase?

The spatial frequency of a stimulus is measured in

The deleterious effect of clutter on peripheral object recognition is known as

Eye doctors specify acuity in terms like "20/20," but vision scientists prefer to talk about the smallest _______ of a cycle of a grating that one can perceive.

_______ is a condition in which the two eyes have different refractive errors.

Spatial frequency refers to the

Suppose you are looking for your friend's face in a crowd. Due to visual clutter, it will be hardest to identify her if she is standing

Refer to the figure. In the figure, the right LGN contains information from the

What is a "hypercolumn" in primary visual cortex?

Describe how selective adaptation works and why it is useful for studying visual perception.

________ is the phenomenon in which a striate cortex neuron responds most strongly when a bar of light fills its receptive field rather than being either smaller than the receptive field or extending beyond it.

Describe the development of contrast sensitivity in infants and how it might be affected by developmental disorders such as amblyopia, strabismus, or anisometropia.

Refer to the figure. What phenomenon does the figure demonstrate?

Refer to the figure showing the responses (right) of an ON-center retinal ganglion cell to gratings of different spatial frequencies (left). The retinal ganglion cell depicted is most responsive to which spatial frequency?

Describe two ways that visual acuity can be measured.

No single neuron receives input from both eyes until the

Each retinal ganglion cell responds not only to spots of light but also to certain

If two objects appear near each other in the world, they will also be processed by cells near each other

During a foggy day, what aspect of visual acuity has been reduced?

_______ is a misalignment of the two eyes such that a single object in space is imaged on the fovea of one eye and on the nonfoveal area of the other (turned) eye.

Introduction

The First Steps in Vision: From Light to Neural Signals

Perceiving and Recognizing Objects

The Perception of Color

Space Perception and Binocular Vision

Attention and Scene Perception

Visual Motion Perception

Hearing: Physiology and Psychoacoustics

Hearing in the Environment

Music and Speech Perception

Vestibular Sensation

Touch

Olfaction

Taste

Filters

Exam 3: Spatial Vision: From Spots to Stripes

Which manipulation would cause the visual angle of a balloon to increase?

The spatial frequency of a stimulus is measured in

The deleterious effect of clutter on peripheral object recognition is known as

Eye doctors specify acuity in terms like "20/20," but vision scientists prefer to talk about the smallest _______ of a cycle of a grating that one can perceive.

_______ is a condition in which the two eyes have different refractive errors.

Spatial frequency refers to the

Suppose you are looking for your friend's face in a crowd. Due to visual clutter, it will be hardest to identify her if she is standing

Refer to the figure. In the figure, the right LGN contains information from the

What is a "hypercolumn" in primary visual cortex?

Describe how selective adaptation works and why it is useful for studying visual perception.

________ is the phenomenon in which a striate cortex neuron responds most strongly when a bar of light fills its receptive field rather than being either smaller than the receptive field or extending beyond it.

Describe the development of contrast sensitivity in infants and how it might be affected by developmental disorders such as amblyopia, strabismus, or anisometropia.

Refer to the figure. What phenomenon does the figure demonstrate?

Refer to the figure showing the responses (right) of an ON-center retinal ganglion cell to gratings of different spatial frequencies (left). The retinal ganglion cell depicted is most responsive to which spatial frequency?

Describe two ways that visual acuity can be measured.

No single neuron receives input from both eyes until the

Each retinal ganglion cell responds not only to spots of light but also to certain

If two objects appear near each other in the world, they will also be processed by cells near each other

During a foggy day, what aspect of visual acuity has been reduced?

_______ is a misalignment of the two eyes such that a single object in space is imaged on the fovea of one eye and on the nonfoveal area of the other (turned) eye.

Introduction

The First Steps in Vision: From Light to Neural Signals

Perceiving and Recognizing Objects

The Perception of Color

Space Perception and Binocular Vision

Attention and Scene Perception

Visual Motion Perception

Hearing: Physiology and Psychoacoustics

Hearing in the Environment

Music and Speech Perception

Vestibular Sensation

Touch

Olfaction

Taste

Filters