LPY106 MQ 22-23

Our perception of the environment begins with _____.

• energy

• the proximal stimulus

• the distal stimulus

• cognition

Answer explanation

Session 1

Goldstein Chapter 1

Visible light has wavelengths ranging from about _____ to _____ nm.

• 100; 400

• 400; 700

• 500; 1000

• 900; 1500

Answer explanation

Session 1 & Session 2

Goldstein Chapters 1 and 2

Assessing someone’s personality by studying the bumps and contours of a person's skull is the main objective of:

• Phrenology

• Physiology

• Somatology

• Neuropsychology

Answer explanation

Session 2

Goldstein Chapter 2

Ann tries to focus on the tip of her pencil as she brings it closer to her. She feels the strain on her eye as she does this. What she is feeling in her eye is due to a process called _____.

• inhibition

• reflection

• assimilation

• accommodation

Answer explanation

Session 2

Goldstein Chapter 3

The cortical magnification factor occurs in humans because:

• a small area in the peripheral retina accounts for a large area on the cortex

• the lens accommodates so that the image is magnified on the retina

• the small area of the fovea accounts for a large area on the cortex

• the area at the optic disk accounts for a large area on the cortex

Answer explanation

Session 3

Goldstein Chapter 4

The ciliary muscles change the shape of the _____, providing about 20% of the eye's focusing power.

• iris

• pupil

• cornea

• lens

Answer explanation

Session 2

Goldstein Chapter 3

Sharon looks at a picture of a side of a submarine that has dents and bumps on it. When she turns the picture upside-down, what she originally perceived as bumps, now look like dents, and vice-versa. This is due to _____.

• figure-ground reversal

• the oblique effect

• the "light-from-above" assumption

• accidental properties of light

Answer explanation

Session 4

Goldstein Chapter 5

Individuals with myopia may have difficulty seeing _____ objects clearly. Oftentimes, they are also referred to as being _____.

• nearby; farsighted

• nearby; nearsighted

• distant; farsighted

• distant; nearsighted

Answer explanation

Session 2

Goldstein Chapter 3

_____ reacts to light to start the process of transduction.

• Opsin

• Retinal

• Potassium

• Sodium

Answer explanation

Session 2

Goldstein Chapter 3

The isomerisation of a single pigment molecule triggers what is best described as a _____.

• chain reaction

• ballistic expansion

• hyperactive potential

• hypopolarisation wave

Answer explanation

Session 2

Goldstein Chapter 3