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PSY 430 In-class Activity L5

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Approximately what portion of the cerebral cortex is devoted to vision?

a)

~50%

b)

~30%

c)

~10%

d)

~60%

2.

Which of the following choices most accurately reflects the missing step in the steps of perception:

Energy in world -> Receptor -> Sensory N. -> _____ -> Primary Cortex -> Association Cortex

a)
Thalamus
b)

Pons

c)

Retina

d)

Basal Ganglia

3.

Light enters the eye through the _____.

a)

Iris

b)

Sclera

c)

Pupil

d)

Retina

4.

Most refraction in the eye occurs when light rays travel through the _____.

a)

Cornea

b)

Iris

c)

Lens

d)

Retina

5.

T/F The size of the pupil is regulated by the iris.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the clear gel substance in your eye?

a)

ciliary muscles

b)

presbyopia

c)

vitreous humor

d)

sclera

7.

"Floaters" in your eye's vitreous humor are a buildup of what?

a)

Foreign bodies (i.e., dust, dirt, etc.)

b)

Lipids

c)

Proteins

8.

How is an image projected onto the retina?

a)

upright

b)

upside down

c)

backwards

d)

at an angle

9.

The optic nerve is formed by _____.

a)

ganglion cell axons

b)

Ciliary muscles

c)

optic radiation

d)

vitreous humor

10.

The optic chiasm is the _____.

a)

place where visual fields overlap

b)

place where the two optic nerves meet

c)

reason for our depth perception

d)

place where photoreceptors respond to light

11.

Each half of the visual field is projected to the _____ hemisphere.

a)

ipsilateral

b)

contralateral

c)

medial

d)

distal

12.

Which photoreceptor is most abundant around the fovea?

a)

rods

b)

cones

13.

T/F Rods are more sensitive to light than cones?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

According to the Purkinje effect blue flowers are brighter during the _____ compared to red flowers.

a)

day

b)

night

c)

dawn

d)

midday

15.

T/F The structure of the retina varies from fovea and periphery.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Photopic (_____) vision vs. Scotopic (_____) vision.

a)

Daytime, Dawn

b)

Nighttime, Daytime

c)

Nighttime, Dusk

d)

Daytime, Nighttime

17.

T/F Humans rely on a tapetum to see at night.

a)

True

b)

False