When Harold first enters his swimming pool, the water feels uncomfortably cold. Five minutes later, the water feels comfortable to Harold. This is an example of
a) transduction.
b) sensory adaptation.
c) Weber's law.
d) signal-detection theory.
e) just-noticeable difference.
b) sensory adaptation.
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