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When we are exposed to the narrow band of wavelengths visible to the human eye, we see a red object as red because it rejects waves of

A) blue-violet light.
B) red light.
C) green light.
D) yellow light.

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Question 52

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Although Manuel was sitting right next to his parents, he smelled a skunk minutes before they did. Apparently, Manuel has a lower ________ for skunk odor than his parents have.

A) critical period
B) tolerance level
C) absolute threshold
D) sensory adaptation

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When researchers added a few drops of vinegar to a brand-name beer, the beer tasters disliked it only if they had been told they were drinking vinegar-laced beer. This best illustrates the impact of

Weber's law is relevant to an understanding of

The olfactory receptors are activated by

The process by which we organize and interpret sensory information in order to recognize meaningful objects and events is called

Humans experience the longest visible electromagnetic waves as the color ________ and the shortest visible waves as ________.

The process by which our sensory systems transform stimulus energies into neural impulses is called

The phenomenon of color constancy best demonstrates that

Some combination of place theory and frequency theory appears to be most necessary in accounting for how we sense

The brain's release of endorphins reduces

Which theory would suggest that watching a horror movie late at night could lower your absolute threshold for sound as you subsequently tried to fall asleep?

When sounds were accompanied by a puff of air on people's neck or hands, they more often misheard the sound ba as the more airless sound pa. This best illustrates

Receptor cells for kinesthesis are located in the

Scientific analyses of the predictive powers of dreams offer support for the existence of

Simultaneously analyzing distinct subunits of information received by different areas of the brain is known as

Our experience of pain may be intensified when we perceive that others are experiencing pain. This best illustrates the importance of

As the airplane descended for a landing, the pilot saw several beautiful islands that appeared to float in a vast expanse of blue ocean water. In this instance, the ocean is a

Experiments with distorted visual environments demonstrate that

Frequency is to pitch as amplitude is to