Petra locked directly into a very bright light and damaged her retina. The ophthalmologist has told her that she has sustained massive damage to her cones, but for the most part her rods have not been affected. One change that you could predict for Petra’s vision is that she will now have:

Related Mcqs:

1. Waqas looked directly into a very bright light and damaged his retina. The ophthalmologist has told him that he has sustained massive damage to his rods but for the most part his cones have not been affected. One change that you could predict for Waqas’ vision is that he will now have:

   A. more accurate depth perception
   B. poor vision in bright illumination
   C. poor vision in low illumination
   D. poor peripheral vision

2. The light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the rods and cones, is the ______________?

   A. optic nerve
   B. cornea
   C. retina
   D. iris

3. In bright light, the iris_______and the pupil________to control the amount of light entering the eye.

   A. Expands; constricts
   B. Constricts; expands
   C. Focuses; constricts
   D. Constricts; focuses

4. In a recent car accident, Taimor sustained damage to his right cerebral hemisphere. This injury is most likely to reduce Tamior’s ability to:

   A. facially express emotions
   B. solve arithmetic problems
   C. understand simple verbal requests
   D. process information in an orderly sequence

5. When light changes from bright to dim the iris of the eye ________________?

   A. dilates
   B. constricts
   C. thickens
   D. remains the same

6. The process in which your eyes adjust from darkness to bright light is called _______________?

   A. dark adaptation
   B. light adaptation
   C. coding of contrast
   D. coding of light intensity patterns

7. Which of the following explains why a rose appears equally red in bright and dim light?

   A. the Young-Helmholtz theory
   B. the opponent-process theory
   C. feature detection
   D. color constancy

8. Which theory of social change would predict that all societies eventually experience the same kinds of social changes?

   A. functionalist
   B. conflict
   C. unilateral evolutionary
   D. evolutionary

9. In speech impairment from brain damage, damage has occurred in ____________?

   A. right cerebral hemisphere
   B. left cerebral hemisphere
   C. regular formation
   D. corpus collosum

10. Which, if any, of the following are true? 1: Each region of the neocortex may contain more specialized modules. 2: Damage to a given volume of neocortical tissue tends to be more profoundly disabling than damage to the same volume of the subcortex. 3: Functional neuro-imaging methods allow us to observe which brain regions are active.

    A. 1 & 2
    B. 2 & 3
    C. 1 & 3
    D. None