Perception and visual cognition: making sense of the senses 2

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1. What do photoreceptors do?

  • turn the upside down picture in the retina straight before it goes to the brain
  • focus the light
  • detect light and turn it into electricity
  • compensate for the blind spot
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2. Amplitude of accommodation:

  • is caused by the cornea not being perfectly spherical
  • the ability to focus on objects very close or very far away
  • focuses the light
  • the blind spot at the back of the retina where there’s no photo receptors

3. Photoreceptors consist of...

  • Rods and cornea
  • Rods and cones
  • Iris and pupil
  • The retina and the optic nerve

4. Which of these is not one of the five basic tastes?

  • Strong
  • Sweet
  • Bitter
  • Umami
  • Sour
  • Salty

5. Theory of audition:

  • Amplitude of the soundwaves determine the intensity, loudness
  • As the compressions of the waves change, we perceive it as change in volume
  • Frequency is encoded according to position on the basilar membrane
  • Sound waves travel down the external auditory canal and vibrate the eardrum

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