LearningCurve Module 18
Neurons in the visual area of the brain that respond to specific features of a stimulus, such as edges, lines, and angles, are called:
Feature detectors
Some stroke victims lose the capacity to perceive motion but retain the capacity to perceive shapes and colors. Others lose the capacity to perceive colors but retain the capacity to perceive movement and form. These peculiar visual disabilities BEST illustrate our normal capacity for:
Parallel processing
According to the Gestalt psychologists, humans tend to group together figures that are near to each other. This is called the principle of:
Proximity
Jasmine was in a serious car accident. She suffered damage to her temporal lobe, just behind her right ear. What kind of problems might this cause for her?
She might have trouble recognizing familiar faces.
Talia is 45 years old. She has started to notice that newspaper print is too small for her to read. Talia needs reading glasses because the lenses of her eyes are less able to adjust, or _____.
accommodate
Even when seen through sunglasses, grass appears equally as green as it does without glasses. This BEST illustrates:
color constancy
The electromagnetic spectrum:
contains the wavelengths people see as light.
Pat turns to look directly at a brightly colored bird her friend has spotted in the garden. Pat is ensuring that the bird's image falls directly on her:
fovea
The central focal point in the retina where cones are heavily concentrated is known as the _____.
fovea
Denise wears an extremely bright safety yellow sweatshirt when she cycles to the gym after dark. The sweatshirt's brightness reflects the _____ of the light it reflects.
high amplitude
After some practice, Carol was able to read books while holding them upside down. This BEST illustrates:
perceptual adaptation
The latest holiday lights a neighbor has put up are fascinating because they seem to be moving. The likely explanation is that the lights create the illusion of movement using:
the phi phenomenon
