Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:

• Visual accommodation involves a change in which structure?
  • Lens
    • Correct.
  • Cornea
    • Incorrect.
  • Retina
    • Incorrect.
  • Fovea
    • Incorrect.
• Cones are specialized for processing ____ and are most plentiful in the ___.
  • detail; fovea
    • Correct.
  • contrasts in light and dark; fovea
    • Incorrect.
  • detail; peripheral retina
    • Incorrect.
  • contrasts in light and dark; peripheral retina
    • Incorrect.
• What principle does this image demonstrate?
  • Closure
    • Incorrect.
  • Similarity
    • Incorrect.
  • Proximity
    • Correct.
  • Continuity
    • Incorrect.
• Which of the following cortical areas is most likely to process simple but complete objects?
  • Primary visual cortex
    • Incorrect.
  • Temporal lobe
    • Correct.
  • Parietal lobe
    • Incorrect.
  • Frontal lobe
    • Incorrect.
• Which of the following descriptions best characterizes the Gestalt principles?
  • They describe how people recognize objects as belonging to specific categories.
    • Incorrect.
  • They describe how people organize elements of a scene to be able to distinguish objects and background.
    • Correct.
  • They are related to sensation rather than perception.
    • Incorrect.
  • They describe a set of rules for the order in which people process elements of a scene.
    • Incorrect.