The fact that we experience the color green after viewing a red ...

[yoooooman]

The fact that we experience the color green after viewing a red object would be taken as support for the
 
  A) notion that the retina contains three types of photopigments.
  B) importance of color mixing in the visual system.
  C) opponent-process theory of color vision.
  D) idea that the visual system performs an algebraic summation of lights to generate a color perception.
  E) trichromatic theory of color vision.

Question 2

A selective advantage conferred by color vision is the
 
  A) ability to detect a dark spot moving on a white background.
  B) capacity to sense depth in the visual scene.
  C) ability to detect very faint lights in the distance.
  D) capacity to detect texture gradients in the visual scene.
  E) ability to distinguish ripe from unripe fruit.

[Dinolord]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: C
Rationale: The fact that we experience the color green after viewing a red object would be taken as support for the opponent-process theory of color vision.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E
Rationale: A selective advantage conferred by color vision is the ability to distinguish ripe from unripe fruit.

[yoooooman]

Excellent

[milbourne11]

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