Deck 4: Web Quiz 2

Question 1

The optic nerve leaves the eye through a hole in the:

A)pupil.
B)fovea.
C)retina.
D)cornea.

Answer 1

retina.

Question 2

Due to the partial crossing of visual information at the _____,information from the _____ visual field projects to the brain's right hemisphere.

A)optic chiasm;right
B)optic chiasm;left
C)lateral geniculate nucleus;right
D)lateral geniculate nucleus;left

Answer 2

optic chiasm;left

Question 3

Visual form agnosia is MOST associated with impaired functioning in the:

A)ventral stream of visual processing.
B)dorsal stream of visual processing.
C)superior colliculus.
D)optic chiasm.

Answer 3

ventral stream of visual processing.

Question 4

A participant is shown two flash cards,one with a black-colored 8 and the other with a gold-colored 6.When asked to describe what she saw,she responds that she saw a gold-colored 8 and a black-colored 6,illustrating _____ primarily caused by _____.

A)color blindness;genetics
B)agnosia;hippocampal impairments
C)illusory conjunction;occipital lesions
D)illusory conjunction;lack of focused attention

Question 5

Days after breaking his nose in a football game,Ben still perceived a dull pain in his nose.Which pain-sensory neurons are responsible for this sensation?

A)A-delta fibers
B)B-gamma fibers
C)C fibers
D)V fibers

Question 6

The local fire department sounds the 12 o'clock siren.The process by which your ears convert the sound waves from the siren into neural impulses is called:

A)accommodation.
B)parallel processing.
C)transduction.
D)sensory adaptation.

Question 7

Which structure(s)is/are contained in the middle ear?

A)the auditory canal
B)the ossicles
C)the eardrum
D)the cochlea

Question 8

Which structures become active under low-light conditions for night vision?

A)rods
B)bipolar cells
C)cones
D)feature detectors

Question 9

Giulio holds a bag of 70 marbles in his hands.Jim blindfolds Giulio and keeps adding marbles to Giulio's bag,one at a time.However,Giulio notices the difference in the weight only after Jim has added 5 marbles.They now repeat the same experiment with a bag of 140 marbles.This time,Giulio notices the difference in the weight only after Jim has added 10 marbles.This scenario BEST illustrates:

A)signal detection theory.
B)Weber's law.
C)accommodation.
D)Ricco's law.

Question 10

Brightness is to amplitude as hue is to:

A)purity.
B)pitch.
C)color.
D)wavelength.

Question 11

In landscape paintings,artists often paint distant objects,such as trees,closer to the top edge of the canvas than nearby objects,such as flowers.This is an example of the use of the monocular depth cue known as:

A)linear perspective.
B)texture gradient.
C)relative height.
D)interposition.

Question 12

_____ would play a role in quickly alerting you to a gas leak in your house.

A)The vestibular system
B)Olfactory receptor neurons
C)Feature detectors in the A1 area of the occipital cortex
D)Thermoreceptors

Question 13

According to _____-based theories of object recognition,your brain compares perceived retinal images with _____ to make identifications.

A)image;templates
B)image;geons
C)parts;templates
D)parts;geons

Question 14

The registration of light,sound,pressure,odor,or taste as your body interacts with the physical world is called:

A)priming.
B)perception.
C)synesthesia.
D)sensation.

Question 15

After a small section of his basilar membrane was damaged,Joseph experienced a noticeable loss of hearing for high-pitched sounds only.Joseph's hearing loss is best explained by the impairment of the base of the membrane involved in the _____ mechanism of the ear to encode sound-wave frequencies.

A)place code
B)opponent
C)temporal
D)modular