The intensity of the reflected light that reaches our eyes is known as ____________

A) hue
B) contrast
C) brightness
D) saturation


Answer: C
Rationale: How we perceive the light reflected off of an object depends on its hue (colors of the spectrum), intensity (brightness), and saturation (colorfulness, or density).

Psychology

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Thomas Szasz has argued that it is wrong to diagnose people as having psychological disorders. Rather, he suggests that people have problems in living. He presents several arguments about why this is a better approach to take. Which of the following is not an argument presented by Szasz?

A. Labels are useless because it is more likely that a person will receive an incorrect diagnosis than it is that they will receive a correct diagnosis. B. Labeling a person as "sick" puts that person in an inferior position. C. Once you label people, they take on the role of "patient" and stop trying to help themselves because they are expected to follow orders and wait for a cure. D. It becomes easy to give up on a person who has a diagnosis with a poor prognosis.

Psychology

In many Central and South American countries, people do not tend to think in terms of homosexuality and heterosexuality, but rather in terms of ____

a. masculinity and femininity c. yin and yang b. strong and weak d. male or female

Psychology

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a. reverse scoring. b. cumulative scoring. c. ideographic scoring. d. computer scoring.

Psychology