Chapter 6-2 Physiological Psychology Final Study Quiz
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- 1.ON channels are activated _____________.
- A.
For brightly lit stimuli
- B.
For dimly lit stimuli
- C.
For stimuli changing from dark to light
- D.
For stimuli changing from light to dark
- 2.Visual information is transmitted to the visual association cortex via _______________.
- A.
The dorsal stream
- B.
The ventral stream
- C.
The dorsal and the ventral streams
- D.
Neither, as both are IN the visual association cortex
- 3.Dorsal stream is to ventral stream as _________ is to __________.
- A.
Where; what
- B.
What; where
- C.
Color; brightness
- D.
Brightness; color
- 4.__________ responds to color (and form perception)
- A.
V4
- B.
V5
- C.
TEO
- D.
TE
- 5._________ responds to movement.
- A.
V4
- B.
V5
- C.
TEO
- D.
TE
- 6.___________ is involved in color discrimination and 2-D pattern discrimination
- A.
V4
- B.
V5
- C.
TEO
- D.
TE
- 7._________ is responsible for responses to 3-D objects.
- A.
V4
- B.
V5
- C.
TEO
- D.
TE
- 8.Apperceptive visual agnosia is NOT __________________
- A.
A failure in higher level perception
- B.
When a person has normal visual acuity, but cannot recognize objects based on their shape
- C.
When a person cannot name what they see
- D.
The broad category prosopagnosia falls under
- 9.Associative visual agnosia is ___________
- A.
A disconnection between the perceptual and language areas of the brain.
- B.
When a person has normal visual acuity, but cannot recognize objects based on their shape
- C.
The broad category prosopagnosia falls under
- D.
A failure in higher level perception
- 10.The Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Color Theory hypothesized that there were 3 color receptors-- what made them think this?
- A.
They explored the phenomena of afterimage and what makes it occur
- B.
They discovered that any light can be matched by a superposition of three primary colors (RGB).
- C.
They dissected rat brains and found the visual cortex fires differently to different colors of light.
- D.
They saw that any paint color can be made from three paints, red, blue, and yellow, and theorized the same occurred in the human eye.
- 11.What's a low spatial frequency?
- A.
Thin sine-wave bars of light and dark
- B.
Wide sine-wave bars of light and dark
- C.
Thin categorical stripes of light and dark
- D.
Wide categorical stripes of light and dark
- 12.What are high spatial frequency receptors good at?
- A.
Identifying broad patterns
- B.
Identifying fine details
- C.
Identifying higher order shapes (things like faces, known objects)
- D.
Identifying different colors
- 13.The dorsal stream receives input ______________.
- A.
Mostly from magnocellular input
- B.
Equal mix of magnocellular and parvocellular input
- C.
Mostly from parvocellular input
- D.
Mostly from V2, V3, V4, & V5
- 14.The ventral stream receives input ______________.
- A.
Mostly from magnocellular input
- B.
Equal mix of magnocellular and parvocellular input
- C.
Mostly from parvocellular input
- D.
Mostly from V2, V3, V4, & V5
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