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Question 171

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Those who believe in the value of subliminal audiotapes would be wrong to claim that

A) people are capable of parallel processing.
B) signal detection is influenced by a person's motivational state.
C) unconsciously processed information is unusually persuasive.
D) sensory transduction can occur without conscious awareness.

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Question 172

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The taste sensation umami is most likely to attract us to foods that are

A) sweet.
B) bitter.
C) starchy.
D) rich in protein.

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Question 173

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Memories of an episode of physical pain are ________ heavily influenced by our pain's peak moment than by our pain's duration. These memories are ________ heavily influenced by the final moments of the episode than by our pain's duration.

Experiments with the visual cliff suggest that

Some stroke victims lose the capacity to perceive motion but retain the capacity to perceive shapes and colors. Others lose the capacity to perceive colors but retain the capacity to perceive movement and form. These peculiar visual disabilities best illustrate our normal capacity for

The axons of ganglion cells converge to form

The iris is a doughnut-shaped ring of muscle that adjusts the size of the

Hair cells line the surface of the

The volley principle is most directly relevant to our perception of

The McGurk effect best illustrates

Relative motion provides a cue for perceiving the ________ of objects.

Frequency is to pitch as ________ is to ________.

For Andrew, the sight of specific letters such as L and P typically triggers specific taste sensations. Andrew's experience best illustrates

Although a few keys on the piano were broken, Shana mentally filled in the missing notes of the familiar melodies. This best illustrates the principle of

The role of central nervous system activity for the experience of pain is best highlighted by

Transduction refers to the process of

The existence of convincing scientific evidence that ESP is possible would pose the greatest challenge to the

Parapsychology refers to the

The visually perceived distance between ourselves and an object provides an important cue for our perception of the object's

Mr. Logwood's eyewitness perceptions of a car accident were influenced by his inborn ways of organizing sensory experiences, his learned schemas, and by other eyewitnesses' reactions to the car accident. An integrated understanding of Mr. Logwood's perceptions of the accident is most clearly provided by