PSYCH 260 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION STUDY SHEET
●● Idella could recognize her name even when it was written as
"Ide11@" because of _____.
Answer: top-down processing
●● The _____ of light is interpreted as assorted colors, and we
experience the color violet around ____ nm.
a. wavelength; 400
b. amplitude; 400
c. amplitude; 700
d. wavelength; 700
Answer: wavelength; 400
●● Which of the following is NOT a protective mechanism for the eye?
a. the pupil
b. the eyelid
c. tears
d. the eye socket
Answer: the pupil
,●● Carolyn wears glasses because when light enters her eye, her _____
cannot adjust properly to focus the light onto the _____.
a. iris; sclera
b. iris; retina
c. lens; sclera
d. lens; retina
Answer: lens; retina
●● Which is NOT a cell type of the retina?
a. horizontal
b. bipolar
c. vertical
d. amacrine
Answer: vertical
●● The axons of the _____ cells form the optic nerve.
Answer: ganglion
●● Akiko is painting a picture of a red balloon. Thanks to her _____,
which allow her to have _____ vision, she can see colors and the fine
details of her painting.
Answer: cones; photopic
, ●● The ____ cones (also called the _____ wavelength cones) contain the
photopigment cyanolabe.
a. blue; short
b. red; medium
c. red; short
d. green; medium
Answer: blue; short
●● Although it might seem backwards, rods are depolarized in the
_____, which causes them to release more ____.
Answer: dark; glutamate
●● Gia is able to clearly see the edges of each step leading to her
second-floor apartment thanks to a process her eyes undergo called
______ inhibition.
Answer: lateral
●● Each ____ cell responds to light falling on photoreceptors located in
its _____.
Answer: bipolar; receptive
●● The most abundant type of ganglion cells are ____ cells.
Answer: P
ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION STUDY SHEET
●● Idella could recognize her name even when it was written as
"Ide11@" because of _____.
Answer: top-down processing
●● The _____ of light is interpreted as assorted colors, and we
experience the color violet around ____ nm.
a. wavelength; 400
b. amplitude; 400
c. amplitude; 700
d. wavelength; 700
Answer: wavelength; 400
●● Which of the following is NOT a protective mechanism for the eye?
a. the pupil
b. the eyelid
c. tears
d. the eye socket
Answer: the pupil
,●● Carolyn wears glasses because when light enters her eye, her _____
cannot adjust properly to focus the light onto the _____.
a. iris; sclera
b. iris; retina
c. lens; sclera
d. lens; retina
Answer: lens; retina
●● Which is NOT a cell type of the retina?
a. horizontal
b. bipolar
c. vertical
d. amacrine
Answer: vertical
●● The axons of the _____ cells form the optic nerve.
Answer: ganglion
●● Akiko is painting a picture of a red balloon. Thanks to her _____,
which allow her to have _____ vision, she can see colors and the fine
details of her painting.
Answer: cones; photopic
, ●● The ____ cones (also called the _____ wavelength cones) contain the
photopigment cyanolabe.
a. blue; short
b. red; medium
c. red; short
d. green; medium
Answer: blue; short
●● Although it might seem backwards, rods are depolarized in the
_____, which causes them to release more ____.
Answer: dark; glutamate
●● Gia is able to clearly see the edges of each step leading to her
second-floor apartment thanks to a process her eyes undergo called
______ inhibition.
Answer: lateral
●● Each ____ cell responds to light falling on photoreceptors located in
its _____.
Answer: bipolar; receptive
●● The most abundant type of ganglion cells are ____ cells.
Answer: P
