UNIT 1 and UNIT 2

Question 1

Weber`s Law

Answer 1

law used to study smallest detectable change

Question 2

Steven’s Power Law

Answer 2

lau used for magnitude estimation

Question 3

Transduction

Answer 3

transforming light into electricity

Question 4

isomerization

Answer 4

photon enters and retina protuberates from protein opsin

Question 5

Purkinje shift

Answer 5

how you eyes adapt to darkness

Question 6

Hermann grid

Answer 6

lateral inhibition process where you have an illusion of darker spots where 4 dark squares surround them

Question 7

match bands

Answer 7

lateral inhibition process where a light band and a dark band are placed and in the middle same colour bands. The ones near the light band are going to seem lighter and the ones near the dark band darker

Question 8

simultaneous lightness contrast

Answer 8

lateral inhibition process where there are a dark and a light square. Inside there is a smaller square, both the same colour, however the one inside the dark square seems lighter than the one in the light square