Reality testing refers to

a. obtaining additional information to check the accuracy of one's perceptions.
b. an initial guess regarding how to organize a stimulus pattern.
c. changes in perception that can be attributed to prior experience.
d. the well-established patterns of perceptual organization and attention.


ANSWER: a

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