A.   visual receptors adjacent to an edge on the more intense side receive less lateral inhibition than do receptors farther from that edge, and because visual receptors adjacent to the edge on the less intense side receive more lateral inhibition than do receptors farther from that edge.

B.   if A fires less than B, B must fire more than C.

C.   the visual receptors near an edge become hyperpolarized.

D.   visual receptors on the more intense side of an edge receive more lateral inhibition than receptors on the less intense side.

E.   visual receptors on the more intense side of an edge receive less lateral inhibition than receptors on the less intense side.

A.   all of these

B.   defining the receptive fields of individual neurons.

C.   none of these

D.   starting at the periphery of a system and progressively studying neurons at "higher" and "higher" levels of the system.

E.   determining which stimuli have the most effect on the firing of an individual neuron when they are presented in its visual field.

A.   circles.

B.   movement.

C.   straight lines.

D.   contrast.

E.   dots of light.

A.   monocular stimuli.

B.   circles of light.

C.   contrast.

D.   diffuse light.

E.   circular edges.

A.   all of these

B.   are unresponsive to diffuse light.

C.   respond to contrast.

D.   respond best to straight-line stimuli in a particular orientation.

E.   have rectangular receptive fields.

A.   smaller

B.   less circular

C.   bigger

D.   more monocular

E.   more circular

A.   wavelength.

B.   edge perception.

C.   color mixing.

D.   color vision.

E.   visual illusions.

A.   supported by complementary afterimages.

B.   also known as the opponent theory.

C.   a version of the opponent-process theory.

D.   supported by monochromatic colors.

E.   also known as the component theory.

A.   lights of the same wavelength appear to be the same color, regardless of their intensity.

B.   an object appears to be the same color despite changes in the wavelengths of light that it is reflecting.

C.   complementary colors always look complementary.

D.   lights of the same wavelength appear to be the same color.

E.   lights of different wavelengths appear to be different colors.

A.   simple cortical color cells.

B.   complex cortical color cells.

C.   dual-opponent color cells.

D.   trichromatic color cells.

E.   cones.

A.   primary visual cortex.

B.   the occipital lobe.

C.   the parietal lobe.

D.   secondary visual cortex.

E.   association cortex.

A.   primary cortex.

B.   association cortex.

C.   secondary visual cortex.

D.   paleocortex.

E.   primary visual cortex.

A.   binding.

B.   completion.

C.   hemianopsia.

D.   hindsight.

E.   serial processing.

A.   inferotemporal cortex then to prestriate cortex.

B.   dorsal prestriate cortex then to inferotemporal cortex.

C.   inferotemporal cortex then to posterior parietal cortex.

D.   dorsal prestriate cortex then to posterior parietal cortex.

E.   posterior parietal cortex then to inferotemporal cortex.

A.   dorsal stream is to ventral stream.

B.   contrast vision is to color vision.

C.   agnosia is to blindsight.

D.   visual perception is to spatial perception.

E.   ventral stream is to dorsal stream.

A.   recognize specific names of faces.

B.   recognize cows and birds.

C.   distinguish among similar individuals.

D.   distinguish among similar members of complex classes of visual stimuli.

E.   recognize parts of faces.

A.   posterior parietal cortex.

B.   the dorsal route.

C.   MT/V5.

D.   V3.

E.   primary visual cortex.

A.   retinal damage.

B.   spinal damage.

C.   thalamic damage.

D.   primary visual cortex damage.

E.   collicular damage.