George Stratton wore special glasses that inverted the visual image that fell on the back of his retina. The demonstration is considered a classic today because it demonstrated:


A. The role of learning in perception
B. The impossibility of overriding innate factors in human perception
C. The difference between sensation and perception
D. The opponent process theory of color vision


A. The role of learning in perception

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