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

B.   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.

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

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

B.   defining the receptive fields of individual neurons.

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

D.   all of these

E.   none of these

A.   straight lines.

B.   contrast.

C.   dots of light.

D.   movement.

E.   circles.

A.   circles of light.

B.   diffuse light.

C.   monocular stimuli.

D.   contrast.

E.   circular edges.

A.   respond to contrast.

B.   all of these

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

D.   are unresponsive to diffuse light.

E.   have rectangular receptive fields.

A.   bigger

B.   more circular

C.   smaller

D.   less circular

E.   more monocular

A.   color mixing.

B.   wavelength.

C.   color vision.

D.   edge perception.

E.   visual illusions.

A.   also known as the component theory.

B.   also known as the opponent theory.

C.   a version of the opponent-process theory.

D.   supported by complementary afterimages.

E.   supported by monochromatic colors.

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

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

C.   complementary colors always look complementary.

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

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

A.   dual-opponent color cells.

B.   cones.

C.   complex cortical color cells.

D.   trichromatic color cells.

E.   simple cortical color cells.

A.   secondary visual cortex.

B.   the occipital lobe.

C.   the parietal lobe.

D.   primary visual cortex.

E.   association cortex.

A.   association cortex.

B.   paleocortex.

C.   secondary visual cortex.

D.   primary visual cortex.

E.   primary cortex.

A.   completion.

B.   serial processing.

C.   hemianopsia.

D.   binding.

E.   hindsight.

A.   dorsal prestriate cortex then to posterior parietal cortex.

B.   dorsal prestriate cortex then to inferotemporal cortex.

C.   inferotemporal cortex then to prestriate cortex.

D.   posterior parietal cortex then to inferotemporal cortex.

E.   inferotemporal cortex then to posterior parietal cortex.

A.   visual perception is to spatial perception.

B.   agnosia is to blindsight.

C.   contrast vision is to color vision.

D.   dorsal stream is to ventral stream.

E.   ventral stream is to dorsal stream.

A.   recognize cows and birds.

B.   distinguish among similar individuals.

C.   recognize parts of faces.

D.   recognize specific names of faces.

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

A.   primary visual cortex.

B.   MT/V5.

C.   the dorsal route.

D.   posterior parietal cortex.

E.   V3.

A.   collicular damage.

B.   spinal damage.

C.   retinal damage.

D.   thalamic damage.

E.   primary visual cortex damage.