A subject has been exposed to three lights flashing in rapid succession every thirty seconds. After many of these trials, the experimenter has two of them flash. If the subject, in error, reports seeing three lights flash for this trial, it is probably because of:
A. the fact that the stimuli were visual and not auditory
B. long-term memory distortion
C. perceptual acuity
D. perceptual set
Answer: D
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