Module 5 Psych 101 Questions –
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top down processing ANSW ✔✔ What we know about the world influences how easily
we'd recognize that object. For example, if your friend said they lost something on the
ground, you'd be quicker to see it if you knew exactly what it was (e.g., a blue pen). This use
of experience and knowledge to recognize something quickly is called (three words):
Our brain takes information from our senses and turns it into something we can recognize.
For example, the sound of a bark, a sensation of a four-legged moving animal creates the
mental image of a dog. This process of creating vision, sound, and touch into a whole image
is called: ANSW ✔✔ perception
The transparent structure inside the eye which has its shaped changed by muscles as it
changes focus is called the: ANSW ✔✔ lens
The receptor cells that allow people to see color and fine detail are called the: ANSW ✔✔
cones
One way we can tell distance and depth with one eye is that parallel lines appear to come
together at the horizon. This cue to depth is called (two words): ANSW ✔✔ linear
perspective
The idea that all the colors are created by three kind of receptors that combine the
sensations of red, green and blue is called the (two words): ANSW ✔✔ trichromatic theory
After the processing of color leaves the photoreceptors, it continues. Colors are converted
into cells which code color as opposite pairs red/green, blue/yellow, black/white. This is
called (three words): ANSW ✔✔ opponent process theory
The clear outer part of the eye that is front of the iris, which helps bend light so it will be
focused properly in the back of the eye is called the: ANSW ✔✔ cornea
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top down processing ANSW ✔✔ What we know about the world influences how easily
we'd recognize that object. For example, if your friend said they lost something on the
ground, you'd be quicker to see it if you knew exactly what it was (e.g., a blue pen). This use
of experience and knowledge to recognize something quickly is called (three words):
Our brain takes information from our senses and turns it into something we can recognize.
For example, the sound of a bark, a sensation of a four-legged moving animal creates the
mental image of a dog. This process of creating vision, sound, and touch into a whole image
is called: ANSW ✔✔ perception
The transparent structure inside the eye which has its shaped changed by muscles as it
changes focus is called the: ANSW ✔✔ lens
The receptor cells that allow people to see color and fine detail are called the: ANSW ✔✔
cones
One way we can tell distance and depth with one eye is that parallel lines appear to come
together at the horizon. This cue to depth is called (two words): ANSW ✔✔ linear
perspective
The idea that all the colors are created by three kind of receptors that combine the
sensations of red, green and blue is called the (two words): ANSW ✔✔ trichromatic theory
After the processing of color leaves the photoreceptors, it continues. Colors are converted
into cells which code color as opposite pairs red/green, blue/yellow, black/white. This is
called (three words): ANSW ✔✔ opponent process theory
The clear outer part of the eye that is front of the iris, which helps bend light so it will be
focused properly in the back of the eye is called the: ANSW ✔✔ cornea
