Module 17

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

Intensity refers to the level of energy in a light wave; it is determined by the wave's height, or _____.

amplitude

A building contractor is surveying the progress on a home that is being built. From one angle, it appears that the home is completely framed. However, when the contractor moves to the right she can see the gaps. This illustrates the principle of:

closure

James is threading a needle under a bright light bulb. During this task, James' vision is driven mainly by the _____ in his _____.

cones; fovea

Mia is attracted to a man she is chatting with in a nightclub. What is probably happening to her eyes?

her pupils are dilating

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

The FBI is considering a new identification method. Instead of using old-fashioned fingerprints, they have decided to scan the eye's _____ to confirm people's identity.

iris

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 accommodate

Relative _____ refers to the amount of light an object reflects relative to its surroundings.

luminance

One reads about an accident at a railroad crossing and wonders about the cause. Perhaps the car's driver overestimated the distance of the train because the parallel tracks stimulated the _____ depth cue of linear perspective.

monocular

Madeline is an interior designer. When she chooses a new color for her client's walls, she always checks the swatch against different colored objects in the room. Madeline is aware of how colors change because of:

relative luminance

Jess was in a serious car accident and is having trouble recognizing familiar faces. She MOST likely suffered damage to her _____ lobe, just behind her right ear.

temporal

If the eye takes in an inverted image of the world, how do humans see the world correctly?

the brain reassembles the image