Human Sensation: Vision & Hearing ReTake

Rods are specialised photoreceptors in the retina that

• are necessary for daytime vision.

• are necessary for colour vision.

• are necessary for visual acuity.

• are necessary for vision in dim light.

Luisa woke at night in her darkened bedroom. At first she could not see anything, but after a few minutes, due to the __________ in her eyes, she could see the shape of her dressing gown hanging on the door. When she turned on the light she could see the colour of the dressing gown, due to the action of her ________.

• cones, rods

• rods, cones

• rods, rods

• cones, cones

What happens in the inner ear? 

• Sound waves are captured.
• Sound waves move deeper into the ear. 
• Sound waves are reflected.
• Sound waves are converted into nerve impulses.

Where does the optic nerve take the visual information?

• To the Thalamus and then to the Occipital Lobe
• to the Hippocampus and then to the Occipital Lobe
• to the Hypothalamus and then to the Occipital Lobe
• to the Cerebellum and then to the Occipital Lobe

What is letter B

• Optic nerve
• Lens
• Cornea
• Retina

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

• cornea
• lens
• pupi
• iris

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

• opponent process theory
• tri-chromatic theory
• frequency theory

If a dog hears a whistle that a person cannot hear, this suggests that dogs and humans have different

• kinesthesis systems.

• Gestalt ratios.

• absolute thresholds

• vestibular systems.

Vibration is crucial to which sense?

• sight
• hearing
• smell
• taste

The fact that perceptions involve more than the sum of our sensations best illustrates the importance of:

• top-down processing
• interposition
• retinal disparity
• visual capture