Jimmy looks at a moderately blurred picture of Princess Diana's face. Jimmy will most likely _____.
A) not be able to identify the face
B) identify the face as male rather than female
C) be able to correctly identify the face
D) need a computer to scan the image to correctly identify it
The _____ problem shows that numerous physical stimuli can create exactly the same image on the retina.
A) correspondence
B) inverse projection
C) occlusion
D) ambiguity
Current computer programs are able to identify some objects _____.
A) and require only brief training on a few images
B) and are considered remarkably successful
C) but they perform only slightly above chance
D) but they often make errors that a human would never make
Which of the following is a reason for the poor acuity of newborns?
A) The rods are not developed at birth.
B) Newborns have too much visual pigment in the cones.
C) A newborn's rods have very narrow inner segments.
D) The visual cortex of the newborn is only partially developed.
Acuity develops to almost 20/20 vision by the time the infant is _____.
A) one month old
B) two months old
C) one year old
D) two years old
The stimuli used in the preferential looking technique of testing infant acuity are _____.
A) geons
B) gratings
C) greebles
D) graftings
The difficulty of reading under dim light conditions can be explained by _____.
A) the increased sensitivity of cones under low light conditions
B) the increased acuity of cones under low light conditions
C) the fact that rod functioning predominates during dark adaptation, resulting in poor acuity
D) the fact that cone functioning predominates during dark adaptation, resulting in poor acuity
Acuity is better in the _____ than in the _____.
A) periphery; fovea
B) optic disk; fovea
C) optic disk; cornea
D) fovea; periphery
Reading the eye chart in an optometrist's office is used to measure _____.
A) acuity
B) sensitivity
C) receptive fields
D) creativity
Convergence results in _____ sensitivity and _____ acuity.
A) increased; increased
B) increased; decreased
C) decreased; decreased
D) decreased; increased
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