What discovery first demonstrated that color is in the eye and brain, not in the light itself?
a. Measurements of brain activity as people looked at various colors
b. The inability of some people to distinguish red from green
c. The chemical isolation of three types of cones in the retina
d. The way a prism separates white light into several types of light
b
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A. loss of neural conductance in the brain B. not being able to fight off an infection C. abnormally high blood clotting resulting in heart attack D. a sexually contracted parasite
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Despite folk wisdom that suggests the opposite, what is the effect of events and experiences on personality?
A. Events and personality affect each other mutually. B. It is rare for experiences to have a dramatic effect on personality. C. Dramatic life changes usually provoke new behaviors and patterns of traits. D. Personality traits shift throughout our lifetimes in response to events and experiences.