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

D.   the visual receptors near an edge become hyperpolarized.

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

A.   defining the receptive fields of individual neurons.

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

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

D.   none of these

E.   all of these

A.   movement.

B.   contrast.

C.   dots of light.

D.   straight lines.

E.   circles.

A.   circles of light.

B.   circular edges.

C.   diffuse light.

D.   contrast.

E.   monocular stimuli.

A.   have rectangular receptive fields.

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

C.   respond to contrast.

D.   are unresponsive to diffuse light.

E.   all of these

A.   bigger

B.   more monocular

C.   more circular

D.   less circular

E.   smaller

A.   color mixing.

B.   visual illusions.

C.   edge perception.

D.   wavelength.

E.   color vision.

A.   supported by complementary afterimages.

B.   also known as the component theory.

C.   supported by monochromatic colors.

D.   also known as the opponent theory.

E.   a version of the opponent-process theory.

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

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

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

D.   complementary colors always look complementary.

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

A.   simple cortical color cells.

B.   trichromatic color cells.

C.   complex cortical color cells.

D.   dual-opponent color cells.

E.   cones.

A.   association cortex.

B.   secondary visual cortex.

C.   the occipital lobe.

D.   the parietal lobe.

E.   primary visual cortex.

A.   paleocortex.

B.   primary visual cortex.

C.   secondary visual cortex.

D.   primary cortex.

E.   association cortex.

A.   hemianopsia.

B.   completion.

C.   binding.

D.   hindsight.

E.   serial processing.

A.   posterior parietal cortex then to inferotemporal cortex.

B.   dorsal prestriate cortex then to inferotemporal cortex.

C.   inferotemporal cortex then to prestriate cortex.

D.   inferotemporal cortex then to posterior parietal cortex.

E.   dorsal prestriate cortex then to posterior parietal cortex.

A.   visual perception is to spatial perception.

B.   dorsal stream is to ventral stream.

C.   contrast vision is to color vision.

D.   ventral stream is to dorsal stream.

E.   agnosia is to blindsight.

A.   recognize parts of faces.

B.   recognize cows and birds.

C.   distinguish among similar individuals.

D.   recognize specific names of faces.

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

A.   posterior parietal cortex.

B.   V3.

C.   primary visual cortex.

D.   the dorsal route.

E.   MT/V5.

A.   retinal damage.

B.   spinal damage.

C.   thalamic damage.

D.   collicular damage.

E.   primary visual cortex damage.