Senses Development and Learning

Question 1

Wavelength

Answer 1

Perceived Color

Question 2

Hue

Answer 2

color and shade of color

Question 3

Intensity

Answer 3

Degree of energy

Question 4

Retina

Answer 4

It contains two types of receptors: rods and cones; has layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information

Question 5

Accommodation

Answer 5

Process by which the eyes lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina

Question 6

Rods

Answer 6

Detect, black, white, grey, and peripheral and twilight

Question 7

Cones

Answer 7

Are clustered near the center of the retina, detect fine detail and colors

Question 8

Optic Nerve

Answer 8

Responsible for getting information collected by your eye into your brain so that your brain can make sense of the information and you can comprehend what you are seeing.

Question 9

Short Wavelength

Answer 9

High Frequency

Question 10

Long Wavelength

Answer 10

Low Frequency

Question 11

Cornea

Answer 11

The portion of the eye through which light passes through which light passes and is bent to help provide foucs

Question 12

Pupil

Answer 12

A small adjustable opening through which the light passes through

Question 13

Iris

Answer 13

A colored muscle surrounding the pupil that controls its size

Question 14

Lens

Answer 14

Focuses incoming light rays onto an image on the retina on the eyeballs sensitive inner surface

Question 15

Blind Spot

Answer 15

An area where a person’s view is obstructed.

Question 16

Feature Detectors

Answer 16

Special Nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features like shape, angle, and movement.

Question 17

Parallel Processing

Answer 17

Combines multiple types of visual information

Question 18

Binocular Cues

Answer 18

Visual cues about the depth we have because of two eyes

Question 19

Retinal Disparity

Answer 19

binocular cues from the distance apart from our eyes

Question 20

Monocular Cues

Answer 20

Visual cues about depths that you only need one eye for

Question 21

Perceptual Consistency

Answer 21

Perceiving something as a constant even when things like light and distance change

Question 22

Perceptual Adaptation

Answer 22

We can adjust our perception even when our vision is changed