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The trichromatic theory of color vision accurately describes the process of color sensation in the:

A) brain.
B) retina, bipolar cells, and ganglion cells.
C) retina.
D) bipolar cells.

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The idea that people living in urban, industrialized environments have a great deal of perceptual experience injudging lines, corners, edges, and other rectangular,manufactured objects, and consequently are more susceptibleto the Müller-Lyer illusions is referred to as:

A) the mere exposure effect.
B) the opponent-process theory.
C) the carpentered-world hypothesis.
D) the frequency theory.

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The _____ is thought to be involved in our conscious recognition of smells.

Positive emotions, including laughter, can reduce the perception of pain.

People in individualistic cultures tend to emphasize the independent needs and goals of the individual, whereas peoplein collectivistic cultures take a more interdependent perspective and pay closer attention to the social context inwhich their own actions and the actions of others occur.

Scientific research has demonstrated that stimuli that a represented subliminally (that is, below the threshold of conscious perception) have no effect on attitudes or behavior.

Recent surveys suggest that about _____ percent of adults in the United States believe in ESP.

The scientific study of paranormal phenomena and ESP is called:

What visual and auditory cues help us perceive motion and the distance and direction of moving objects?

Standing on the commuter train platform, you glance down the tracks to see if the train is coming. As you do, you notice that the parallel rails of the train track appear to come together and meet in the distance. This is an example of which depth perception cue?

Although the mere exposure effect works with overtly presented messages, the research indicates that the mere exposure effect does not work with subliminal exposure to stimuli.

The Gestalt psychologists emphasized that people perceive whole figures rather than isolated pieces of sensory information.

When the image an object casts on our retina expands, we perceive the object as:

Which part of the brain is thought to regulate the emotional response to odors?

Our perception of the speed of an approaching object is primarily based on:

Meta-analysis has been used to analyze the results of several studies that used the ganzfeld procedure to test clairvoyance.What general results have been found?

Parapsychology refers to the scientific investigation of psychological phenomena that cannot be explained by normallaws of physics as they are currently understood.

Recent research using subliminal perception has shown that faces paired with a pleasant subliminal odor receive the highest likeability ratings, while faces paired with an unpleasant subliminal odor receive the lowest likeability ratings.

The ability to accurately gauge the distance of the coffee cupon your desk as you reach for it is called:

The chapter prologue described the visual experience of Mike May, who regained partial sight in one eye after 40 years of blindness. Which of the following statements about Mike's visual abilities is TRUE?