Accommodation Involves the Ability to

question 88

Multiple Choice

Accommodation involves the ability to

• A) change the sensitivity of the rods and cones by means of neurotransmitters.
• B) change the curvature of the cornea.
• C) change the width of the lens by contracting or relaxing certain muscles.
• D) adapt to large changes in light intensity.
• E) see variations in color.

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Definitions:

Higher-order Conditioning

A learning process where a stimulus that previously had no relation to a reflex response becomes associated with a conditioned stimulus to elicit that response.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory-access to events that occurred or information that was learned before an injury or the onset of a disease.

Neural Circuits

Networks of neurons interconnected to regulate bodily or psychological functions through the transmission of electrical and chemical signals.

Memory

Memory is the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.