Biological Psychology 12th Edition by James W. Kalat – Test Bank

1. Johannes Müller held that whatever excites a particular nerve establishes a special kind of energy unique to that nerve. a. True b. False 2. The coding of visual information in your brain results in an exact duplicate of the object’s shape on the surface of the cortex. 3. The cornea is an adjustable structure in the eye that focuses light. a. True b. False ANSWER: False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: General Principles of Perception LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.05.01 – Remember that we see because light strikes the retina, sendin TOPICS: 5.1 Visual Coding a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: General Principles of Perception LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.05.01 – Remember that we see because light strikes the retina, sendin TOPICS: 5.1 Visual Coding 4. Amacrine cells refine the input to ganglion cells, enabling them to respond specifically to shapes, movement, or other visual features. 5. Shapes are more easily identified with peripheral vision than foveal vision. a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Eye and Its Connections to the Brain DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Eye and Its Connections to the Brain LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.05.04 – Trace the route of visual information from the retina to the TOPICS: 5.1 Visual Coding a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Eye and Its Connections to the Brain LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.05.04 – Trace the route of visual information from the retina to the TOPICS: 5.1 Visual Coding LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.05.02 – List the properties of cones and rods. TOPICS: 5.1 Visual Coding 6. Photopigments are stable in the dark. a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: Visual Receptors: Rods and Cones LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.05.02 – List the properties of cones and rods. TOPICS: 5.1 Visual Coding 7. According to the trichromatic theory, we can perceive only three colors. a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: Color Vision LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.05.03 – Explain the main features of color vision. TOPICS: 5.1 Visual Coding 8. The retinex theory accounts for the principle of color constancy. a. True b. False ANSWER: True DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: Color Vision LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.05.03 – Explain the main features of color vision. TOPICS: 5.1 Visual Coding 9. An object’s location, color, and movement are all processed in the same part of the visual cortex. TOPICS: 5.1 Visual Coding a. True b. False ANSWER: False DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand REFERENCES: The Primary Visual Cortex LEARNING OBJECTIVES: KALA.BIOP.16.05.04 – Trace the route of visual information from the retina to th