11050355595 | Wavelength | The distance from the peak of one light or sound wave to the next peak. | 0 | |
11050355596 | Hue | the color we experience | 1 | |
11050355597 | Intensity | Amount of energy in the wavelength | 2 | |
11050355598 | Pupil | The opening in the center of the eye through which light enters. | 3 | |
11050355599 | Iris | controls the size of the pupil opening | 4 | |
11050355600 | Lens | The transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images | 5 | |
11050355601 | Retina | Light sensitive tissue on eyeball inner surface | 6 | |
11050355602 | Accommodation | Eye lens curve to focus on objects | 7 | |
11050355603 | Rods | detect black, white and gray; used for peripheral and twilight vision | 8 | |
11050355604 | Cones | detect fine detail and give rise to color sensations | 9 | |
11050355605 | Optic Nerve | carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain | 10 | |
11050355606 | Blind Spot | optic nerve leaves the eye, creating a blind spot because no receptor cells are located there. | 11 | |
11050355607 | Fovea | The central focal point in the retina where cones are heavily concentrated | 12 | |
11050355608 | Feature Detectors | Nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of the stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement | 13 | |
11050355609 | Parallel Processing | Multitasking | 14 | |
11050355610 | Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory | the retina contains three different color receptors - one most sensitive to red, one to green, one to blue - which, when stimulated in combination, can produce the perception of any color. | 15 | |
11050355611 | Opponent Process Theory | The theory that opposing retinal processes enable color vision. | 16 |
AP Psychology Module 18 Flashcards
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