Perceptual constancy is defined as the:
a. tendency for all persons to see the world in the same manner
b. ability for several different sensory images to form a perception at the same time
c. tendency to perceive things as unchanging, even though they are changing on the retina
d. ability to utilize only one sense, even though multiple sensations are being experienced
C
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What will be an ideal response?
Sheriff (1936) asked groups of participants to estimate the distance moved by a point of light. He found that
a. participants were more accurate when they were alone than when they were in groups. b. participants were more accurate in groups than when they were alone. c. as the study progressed, the participants' estimates began to converge with each other. d. as the study progressed, the participants' estimates began to diverge from each other.
Marcus is considering having an affair with an attractive woman who works at his office who has been flirting with him. He does not want his wife to know of his interest in having sex with another woman, and one evening he begins accusing his wife of flirting with other men. "Why do you always make eyes at other guys? Are you cheating on me?" he asks. Marcus is using a defense mechanism called
a. Displacement b. Regression c. Projection d. Sublimation e. Denial
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a. rule out alternative hypotheses b. determine the shape of a function c. determine the effect of repeated ECS on the same rats d. None of these is true.