Visual perception INTRO

Which of the following is true about rods and cones?

• There are more cones in the retina than rods.
• Rods are photoreceptors, while cones are not
• Rods are sensitive to lower levels of light than cones.
• Rods are similar to color film and cones are similar to black-and-white film.

Almost half the birds in the yard were brown cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals, so Jimmy perceived them as two distinct groups of birds. This best illustrates the principle of:

• connectedness
• similarity
• closure
• relative clarity

A reversible figure, such as the vase/face figure, makes use of which principle of perception?

• closure
• proximity
• similarity
• figure-ground relationship

Depth cues that only require one require one eye are

• Binocular Cue
• Trichronocular Cue
• Monocular Cue
• Single Vision Transparency

the 6 steps from sensation to perception are:

• reception, transduction, selection, transmission, interpretation

• reception, transduction, transmission, interpretation

• reception, transmission, transduction, selection, interpretation

• selection, interpretation, reception, transduction, transmission

Gestalt is the idea that....

• the whole is smaller than the sum of it's parts

• the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts

• the parts are greater than the whole

• the parts are smaller than the whole

What are the four visual constancies?

• size, angles, brightness, orientation

• size, shape, brightness, upside down

• volume, shape, brightness, orientation

• size, shape, brightness, orientation

What are the pictorial depth cues?

• linear perspective, texture gradient, interposition, height in the visual field, relative size

• linear perspective, detail, interposition, height in the visual field, relative size

• lines, texture gradient, interposition, height in the visual field, relative size

• linear, texture gradient, interposition, height, relative size

This image shows which pictorial depth cue most predominantly?

• interposition

• linear perspective

• texture gradient

• relative size

What part of your eye sends the messages to your brain?

• retina

• optic nerve

• iris

• vitreous humor