A Researcher Wants to Find Support for the Opponent Process

question 500

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to find support for the opponent process theory of colour vision by recording the activity in visual cells. Which of the following cells should she be recording from?

• A)Cones
• B)Rods
• C)Bipolar
• D)Ganglion
• E)Horizontal

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Definitions:

Motivated Forgetting

The process through which individuals unconsciously or consciously block out painful or unwanted memories.

Jenkins and Dallenbach

Researchers known for their study on the effects of sleep on memory retention, demonstrating that sleep can protect memories from interference.

Nonsense Syllables

A string of letters that do not form a known word, used in psychological experiments on memory.

Forgetting

Forgetting is the process through which information is lost from memory, whether through decay over time, lack of retrieval cues, interference, or failure to store in memory.