The famous illusion in which a horizontal line with arrowheads appears shorter than the line with V's (although the lines are actually identical in length) is known as the __________ illusion

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Psychology

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Regarding the sense of smell, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Humans have about 10 million odor receptors in the nostrils. b. Human odor receptors are capable of sensing about 10,000 different substances. c. Different substances have different shaped molecules that fit into particular odor receptors. d. Smell is the only sense in which sensory information does not go through the thalamus on its way to the cerebral cortex. e. The limbic system is involved in the processing of smells.

Psychology

What are the first and last phases in the development of causal schemes during the sensorimotor period?

a. Reflexes; experimentation with new means b. Reflexes; insight c. First habits; insight d. First habits; experimentation with means

Psychology

Every 50 minutes, the class takes a break if their behavior is appropriate. They are on a ____ schedule of reinforcement.

A. variable-interval B. fixed-interval C. variable-ratio D. fixed-ratio

Psychology

In an experiment with two independent variables, the occurrence of an interaction means that

a. the experiment was poorly designed. b. there was a ceiling effect. c. the effect of one independent variable was different at different levels of the other independent variable d. the effect of one independent variable was the same at all levels of the other independent variable.

Psychology