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Which of the following best describes the distinction between sensation and perception?
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Sensation refers to data from the environment, and perception refers to the interpretation of that data
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Light from the sun or a bulb starts out as
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Which of the following best describes the distinction between sensation and perception?
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Light from the sun or a bulb starts out as
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Which of the following best describes why we perceive color?
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Complete the analogy: infrared is to ultraviolet as
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The cornea, or the outer layer covering of the eye, often looks shiny because
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What happens when we walk out of the dark movie theater into the bright sunshine?
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The lens is responsible for
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The size of Alice's pupil will change
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Each of us have a so-called blind spot in the retina because
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Why is it a good idea to look slightly away from an object that you are trying to see at night?
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Which of the following is not true of come receptors?
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Why are some fire departments painting their trucks a yellowish green instead of red?
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Cone receptors respond to
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John is among the eight percent of males who are colorblind. Which cone systems probably do not work for john?
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Which of the following statements about color defects is accurate?
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Which of the following is the best explanation for why we see afterimages?
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Deciles are a measurement of
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Piece of skin stretched across the entrance of the ear
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Snail shaped and filled with fluid
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20000 of them receive different frequencies and respond to movement
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Picks up electrical impulses and sends them to the brain
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The high or low of a sound is referred to as ____, and the complexity of a sound is known as ____.
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Which two senses are most likely to determine whether we like a certain food?
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Cutaneous receptors respond to
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Cilia in the nose
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Some animals can communicate sexual interest by
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Our need for salt
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Which taste receptors help protect us from spoiled food and poison?
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Which of the following is the best definition of size consistency?
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Randy knows that a poster in his room is red but it looks black. As he looks at it for a while, it begins to look a little more red again. Which of the following best describes what happens to randy as he stares?
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Binocular disparity and visual texture help us
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As john runs back to a fly ball, he focuses on the ball to keep it steady. What allows him to accomplish this?
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An organized shape or form
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Filling in details to complete a picture
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Grouping things that are near
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Grouping together things that are alike
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Bill's shoulder hurts; his brother who lives in another city feels pain in his shoulder
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Chris, miles away from her home, "sees" her home burning
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Alicia, watching a horse race, is able to control the outcome just by thinking about it
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Jenna knows one hour before it happens that her cousin will call.
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The visual cliff experiment demonstrated that
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Which of the following best describes why we perceive reversible figures
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The muller-lyer illusion fools us because
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Subliminal perception
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Which of the following supports the theory that subliminal messages may alter behavior
