Vision: AP Psychology

Front

What part of the eye allows us to see color?

Back

cones

Front

The part of your eye that gives it its color.  It is a muscle that controls the size of your pupil.

Back

iris

Front

Gathers information about color, shape, and size of eye and sends to the optic nerve.

Back

Retina

Front

Proposed theory for color vision with opposing retinal process for red-green, yellow-blue, white-black.

Back

opponent process theory

Front

Where does the optic nerve take the visual information?

Back

To the Thalamus and then to the Occipital Lobe

Front

Theory that the retina contains three different color receptors: Red, Green, and Blue.

Back

Young Helmholtz Trichromatic  Theory

Front

The first part of the eye that light hits.

Back

cornea

Front

As the football game continued into the night, Leondre noticed that he was having difficulty distinguishing the colors of the players' uniforms. This is because the _______________, which enable color vision, have a _______________ absolute threshold for brightness than the available light intensity.

Back

Cones; higher

Front

What is the correct order of the structures through which light passes after entering the eye?

Back

Cornea, pupil, lens, retina

Front

Receptors for visual processing that detect black, white, and gray, important in dim light.

Back

Rods