Joachim and Maricella are going for a romantic walk in the park after an afternoon storm. Maricella looks up in the sky and sees a rainbow
She exclaims, "How beautiful!" Joachim, being something of a science buff, might correctly say ______________________.
a) "you are just seeing the visible spectrum"
b) "that's because you are seeing all the wavelengths of light we can see from short to long"
c) "that's because different frequencies of wavelengths lead to the perception of different colors"
d) all of these things would be true if Joachim said them
ANS: D, All of these statements are correct. In viewing a rainbow, we see the visible spectrum with all the wavelengths of light, and the different wavelengths lead to the perception of different colors.
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A. The patient is mentally ill and tends to try to suffocate himself at times. B. The patient cannot sleep unless he has several pillows to deaden sounds that might awaken him. C. The patient appears to awaken throughout the night and start walking, but he will not respond to commands. D. The patient has a potentially life-threatening condition in which air does not flow into or out of his nose or mouth for periods of time while he is asleep.
The type of stress you are most likely to experience during a traffic jam is ______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Schaffer and Emerson's famous study of infant attachment applied a ____ research design
a. case study b. longitudinal c. cross-sectional comparison d. sequential
According to Skinner, all control of behavior:
a. is good b. is bad c. may be good or bad, depending on its consequences for people d. is good, but not bad, depending on our input into the decision-making process