COGNITION EXPLORING THE SCIENCE OF THE MIND 6TH EDITION BY DANIEL REISBERG - TEST BANK

If visual information conflicts with other information, we usually ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: The Visual System OBJ: 3.1 MSC: Understanding 2. The importance of vision for humans is reflected in the ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: The Visual System OBJ: 3.1 MSC: Analyzing 3. The _ is the part of the eye involved in transducing light energy into neural energy. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: The Photoreceptors OBJ: 3.1 MSC: Remembering 4. Which of the following would NOT be considered part of the fovea? ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: The Photoreceptors OBJ: 3.1 MSC: Remembering 5. Which of the following statements does NOT illustrate the difference between rods and cones? ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: The Photoreceptors OBJ: 3.1 MSC: Analyzing 6. _ are located primarily in the fovea, while _ are located primarily in the periphery. ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: The Photoreceptors OBJ: 3.1 MSC: Understanding 7. Which of the following statements about the retina is FALSE? ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: The Photoreceptors OBJ: 3.1 MSC: Understanding 8. Which of the following statements about the visual stimulus, light, is FALSE? ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: The Photoreceptors OBJ: 3.1 MSC: Analyzing 9. The lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) acts as ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Lateral Inhibition OBJ: 3.1 MSC: Analyzing 10. A researcher wishes to determine exactly when a particular neuron is firing. A technique well suited to this purpose is ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Single Neurons and Single-Cell Recording OBJ: 3.2 MSC: Applying 11. Single-cell recordings measure the of individual neurons. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Single Neurons and Single-Cell Recording OBJ: 3.2 MSC: Remembering 12. Through single-cell recordings, researchers have identified the _ neurons in the visual system. ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Single Neurons and Single-Cell Recording OBJ: 3.2 MSC: Understanding 13. Because of its center-surround organization, a neuron that has its entire receptive field exposed to bright light will ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Single Neurons and Single-Cell Recording OBJ: 3.2 | 3.3 MSC: Applying 14. A researcher has identified the receptive field for a neuron and has determined that the receptive field has a center-surround organization. If the researcher were to shine light into the entire receptive field, including both the center and the surrounding areas, we would expect the neuron to ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: Multiple Types of Receptive Fields OBJ: 3.2 MSC: Applying 15. A researcher wishes to define the receptive field for a particular neuron in the visual cortex. To do this, the researcher will need to specify ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: Multiple Types of Receptive Fields OBJ: 3.2 MSC: Applying 16. Cells detecting the boundary of a surface are subject to less lateral inhibition than cells detecting the center of the same surface. This leads to an effect called ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Lateral Inhibition OBJ: 3.3 MSC: Understanding 17. Cells A and B receive the same high levels of stimulation, but Cell A shows a lower level of activity relative to Cell B. A likely explanation for this fact is that Cell A ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Lateral Inhibition OBJ: 3.3 MSC: Applying 18. Lateral inhibition leads to which perceptual experience? ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Lateral Inhibition OBJ: 3.3 MSC: Understanding 19. Ganglion cells A, B, and C are next to each other in the retina and inhibit each other laterally. If light is hitting the entire receptive fields of A and B, but only partially hitting the receptive field of C, what will happen? ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Lateral Inhibition OBJ: 3.3 MSC: Understanding 20. Patients who have suffered damage to the occipital-parietal pathway (the “where” system) will have difficulties with which of the following tasks? ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Parallel Processing in the Visual System OBJ: 3.4 MSC: Applying 21. Parvo cells are similar to magno cells in what way? ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Parallel Processing in the Visual System OBJ: 3.4 MSC: Analyzing 22. The specialization evident in visual processing shows that ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Parallel Processing in the Visual System OBJ: 3.4 MSC: Evaluating 23. You are at the zoo watching a tiger sleep. It suddenly awakes and lurches in your direction. Spatial position would NOT provide information about the tiger’s ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Visual Maps and Firing Synchrony OBJ: 3.4 MSC: Applying 24. To perceive the visual world, we have to reunite various elements of a scene together so that these elements are perceived in an integrated fashion. Which of the following is NOT likely to be involved in this task? ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: Visual Maps and Firing Synchrony OBJ: 3.4 MSC: Analyzing 25. Which of the following characteristics is NOT used to diagnose visual stimuli by neurons in the visual system? ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: Visual Maps and Firing Synchrony OBJ: 3.4 MSC: Analyzing 26. Visual agnosia is associated with damage to which of the following? ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Parallel Processing in the Visual System OBJ: 3.5 MSC: Remembering 27. Julie has sustained damage to the “what” system in her brain. She will likely have difficulty with which of the following tasks? ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Parallel Processing in the Visual System OBJ: 3.5 MSC: Applying 28. Some people have sustained brain damage and lost the ability to identify color. Other people sustained damage to a different area of the brain and lost the ability to detect motion. What does this indicate about our visual system? ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Parallel Processing in the Visual System OBJ: 3.5 MSC: Evaluating 29. The primary visual cortex is located ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Parallel Processing in the Visual System OBJ: 3.5 MSC: Understanding 30. _ cells in the LGN are specialized for spatial analysis and form detection, whereas _ cells are specialized for the detection of motion and depth.