Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Which of the following words is most nearly synonymous with the term refract?

Anna is reading her psychology text.The activation of receptors in her retina by a source of physical energy is called _____.

At the beginning of a drawing class,the instructor suggests that an illusion of depth may be created in a two-dimensional picture by including parallel lines that converge at a vanishing point.Your instructor is making reference to a monocular depth cue known as:

The ultimate processing of visual images takes place in the visual _____ of the brain.

The body's own painkillers are called:

_____ is the phenomenon in which physical objects are perceived as unvarying and consistent despite changes in their appearance or in the physical environment.

Hair cells for hearing are located in the:

In a general sense,the overriding Gestalt principle of perceptual organization is:

According to the _____ of color vision,receptor cells are linked in pairs,working in opposition to each other.

The trichromatic theory was first proposed by _____.The opponent-process theory was first proposed by _____.

Which of the following laws would help explain why a person in a quiet room is more startled by the ringing of a telephone than a person who is already in a noisy room?

_____ constancy is a phenomenon in which physical objects are perceived as unvarying and consistent despite changes in their appearance or in the physical environment.

How does light therapy work?

Imagine that you have been asked to draw or paint either an interior scene or a landscape for an art class.Using specific examples,explain how you might use three of the monocular cues to depth perception described in the text to create an impression of three dimensions on the two-dimensional paper or canvas.

_____ refers to the perception of messages about which we have no awareness.

Which of the following sequences accurately reflects the order in which light stimulates cells early in the visual processing of an image?

The human sense of smell permits us to detect _____ separate smells.

With respect to the trichromatic and the opponent-process theories of color perception,which of the following statements is most accurate?

Whenever Mr.Redding catches himself saying,"This pain is ruining my life," he is supposed to immediately tell himself,"STOP! I am in control of my pain." This pain management technique is known as _____ restructuring.

Review the processing of a visual image (a)prior to the retina; (b)from the retina to the cortex;and (c)within the cortex.