Vision AP Psychology

This lobe receives and processes visual information and then sends it to other parts of the brain for further processing and storage.

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Frontal Lobe

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

The first part of the eye that light hits. 

• lens

• cornea

• pupil

• retina

This is unlimited and usually lasts about 2-3 seconds

• Sensory Memory

• Long term memory

• Procedural memory

• Implicit Memory

What part of the brain is primarily responsible for processing visual information?

• Occipital lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Frontal lobe

Which theory explains how we perceive color through three types of cones in the retina?

• Opponent-process theory

• Trichromatic theory

• Gestalt theory

• Signal detection theory

What is the term for the minimum amount of stimulus energy needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time?

• Absolute threshold

• Difference threshold

• Sensory adaptation

• Perceptual set

Which part of the eye is responsible for focusing light onto the retina?

• Cornea

• Lens

• Iris

• Pupil

What is the name of the cells in the retina that detect black, white, and gray?

• Cones

• Rods

• Bipolar cells

• Ganglion cells