PSY 409 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023 lOMoARcPSD|2647007
1. The area on the retina that influences the firing rate of the neuron is called
the a. receptive field.
b. amacrine region.
c. divergence area.
d. inverted fovea.
2. A neuron with an excitatory center- inhibitory surround receptive field will respond most when
we stimulate
a. only the center.
b. only the surround.
c. both the center and surround together.
d. part of the surround.
3. Center-surround receptive fields occur in neurons
a. for vision only.
b. for the skin senses only.
c. for both skin senses and vision.
d. for audition only.
4. “Grandmother cells” are mostly closely associated with coding.
a. specificity
b. distributed
c. olfactory
d. invasive
5. An advantage of coding of visual object representation is that a large number
of stimuli can be signaled by a few neurons.
a. specificity
b. distributed
c. extrastriate
d. retinal
6. Quioroga et al. (2005) studied sensory coding by
a. ablation of the IT in humans.
b. ablation of the FFA in humans.
c. implanting electrodes in the limbic system of college student volunteers.
d. using implanted electrodes in the hippocampus of epileptic patients.
7. A neuron studied by Quiroga et al. responded to
a. a photograph of Halle Berry’s face.
b. a photograph of Halle Berry dressed as Catwoman
c. the words “Halle Berry” visually presented.
d. All of these caused the cell to fire.
8. reacts to light to start the process of transduction.
a. Opsin
, PSY 409 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023 lOMoARcPSD|2647007
1. The area on the retina that influences the firing rate of the neuron is called
the a. receptive field.
b. amacrine region.
c. divergence area.
d. inverted fovea.
2. A neuron with an excitatory center- inhibitory surround receptive field will respond most when
we stimulate
a. only the center.
b. only the surround.
c. both the center and surround together.
d. part of the surround.
3. Center-surround receptive fields occur in neurons
a. for vision only.
b. for the skin senses only.
c. for both skin senses and vision.
d. for audition only.
4. “Grandmother cells” are mostly closely associated with coding.
a. specificity
b. distributed
c. olfactory
d. invasive
5. An advantage of coding of visual object representation is that a large number
of stimuli can be signaled by a few neurons.
a. specificity
b. distributed
c. extrastriate
d. retinal
6. Quioroga et al. (2005) studied sensory coding by
a. ablation of the IT in humans.
b. ablation of the FFA in humans.
c. implanting electrodes in the limbic system of college student volunteers.
d. using implanted electrodes in the hippocampus of epileptic patients.
7. A neuron studied by Quiroga et al. responded to
a. a photograph of Halle Berry’s face.
b. a photograph of Halle Berry dressed as Catwoman
c. the words “Halle Berry” visually presented.
d. All of these caused the cell to fire.
8. reacts to light to start the process of transduction.
a. Opsin
, PSY 409 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023
