It has been found that humans ________
a. are sensitive to almost the entire range of electromagnetic energy.
b. can hear sounds that are two octaves beyond the range of bats.
c. are one of the few species that can see ultraviolet light.
d. can see a candle flame on a clear, dark night from 30 miles away.
Answer: d
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a. experts considered prototypical fruits to be oranges and apples, whereas novices considered those fruits to be nonprototypical. b. the less common fruits would be more likely to show spontaneous generalization. c. the concept "fruit" includes some uncommon fruits, as well as some prototypes. d. spreading activation is the most useful mechanism for understanding the meaning of "fruit."
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A. injunctive norms B. normative social influence C. deindividuation D. public conformity
All of the following are true of children's metamemories except that they
a. think they can remember more than they actually can. b. are in touch with their memory abilities. c. think they never forget. d. think that learning pairs of unrelated words is just as easy as learning pairs of opposites.
Dave decides to conduct a survey of Americans adults. If the sample consists of 100 individuals, how many will say they favor marijuana legalization?
a) 25 b) 45 c) 60 d) 80