IB Vision

Light enters the eye through an opening in the center of the iris called the ____

• retina

• cornea

• pupil

• macula

In what order does visual information pass through the retina?

• Receptor cells, ganglion cells, bipolar cells

• Ganglion cells, bipolar cells, receptor cells

• Receptor cells, bipolar cells, ganglion cells

• Bipolar cells, receptor cells, ganglion cells

Which theory can best explain why people that are wearing yellow-colored glasses can still identify the color of a green apple?

• Trichromatic theory

• Retinex theory

• Opponent-process theory

• Kodak theory

Which theory of color vision is best able to explain negative color afterimages?

• Retinex theory

• Opponent-process theory

• Trichromatic theory

• Kodak theory

The optic nerves from the right and left eye initially meet at the ____.

• optic chiasm

• lateral geniculate nucleus

• hypothalamus

• cerebral cortex

The primary visual cortex sends its information ____

• to the lateral geniculate nucleus

• to area V1

• to area V2

• back to the retina

The visual paths in the temporal cortex collectively are referred to as the ____.

• ventral stream

• dorsal stream

• lateral stream

• magnoparvocellular pathway