Perception is the ________
a) process by which people take all the sensations they experience at any given moment and interpret them in some meaningful fashion
b) action of physical stimuli on receptors leading to sensations
c) interpretation of memory based on selective attention
d) act of selective attention from sensory storage
ANS: a
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
When trying to change a bad habit, if a person were to finally discover what is reinforcing an unwanted response and then remove, avoid, or delay the reinforcement, we would say this person has utilized the technique known as
a. extinction. b. modeling. c. breaking response chains. d. cues and antecedents.
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A. There is going to be no effect because the viewer is unaware of the event. B. The viewer will recognize related words (e.g., diet, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper) more quickly than unrelated words (e.g., computer, pencil) on a test a few seconds later. C. There will be faster recognition of related words if the viewer is in an altered state of consciousness. D. With repeated exposure, the viewer will become a Coke drinker.
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a. threshold. b. a just noticeable difference. c. absolute threshold. d. bias. e. attention.